Curator: Dougal McKenzie

The Double Image: Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art

29th September - 7th November 2007

The idea behind this particular exhibition was to discuss and question the meanings which come from images, alongside the meanings which run between images and the interplay of meaning in general. Dougal McKenzie took inspiration from the writings of Alan Bullock and chose to include a generous mix of both painting and photography within the exhibition. Therefore, each of the works presented is static in nature, although the image may allude to movement.

Although the notion of photography versus painting is not a new one, the exhibition attempts to engage the idea of image as a means of communication and more specifically than this, works from Northern Ireland as expressions of such communication. In this exhibition McKenzie has curated the works of ten painters and ten photographers, who have been working within Northern Ireland. This was the fourth instalment in the Collective Histories series.