Amelia Stein, Irish, b. 1958
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Title: Precipice: Diarmaid and Gráinne's Bed, 2015
Date: 2019
Medium: Archival silver gelatin print
Dimensions:
Image: 40 x 50 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 2019
Object Number: NGI.2019.139
DescriptionDrawing on the inspirational and ancient names of promontories, headlands and cliffs, as gathered by local historians Uinseann Mac Graith and Treasa Ní Ghearraigh, Amelia Stein has produced this body of work lending impact and emotion to the edge of the Atlantic. Stein questions our emotional response to the mesmerising dangers conjured up in placenames, such as “Diarmaid and Gráinnes's Bed” (Leaba Dhiarmaid agus Grainne).
After previously exhibiting Erris at the RHA, Dublin, Ireland, 2015, Stein further engages with the environment that helped shape the character of a people living on the boundary of an ocean that is a relentless backdrop to their history. The North West coast of Mayo is one of the most remote and breath-taking locations in the North Atlantic and, at close quarters, Precipice examines the concepts of fear and exhilaration inherent in the life of a small coastal community.
After previously exhibiting Erris at the RHA, Dublin, Ireland, 2015, Stein further engages with the environment that helped shape the character of a people living on the boundary of an ocean that is a relentless backdrop to their history. The North West coast of Mayo is one of the most remote and breath-taking locations in the North Atlantic and, at close quarters, Precipice examines the concepts of fear and exhilaration inherent in the life of a small coastal community.
ProvenancePurchased, Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin, 2019