Bog exhibition explores ongoing local concerns

The threat to the tradition of turf-cutting in the West of Ireland, and Connemara in particular, has inspired a new body of work which is showing at this year’s Clifden Arts Festival.

Bernie Dignam launched her solo exhibition MÓIN, on Wednesday at the Festival Gallery, Station House, Clifden, and the show will continue until Sunday, September 29, from 10am to 6pm daily.

This work was inspired by the threat to turf-cutting by the EU Habitats directive 1992; however, its themes also tie in with the current ongoing debate around mining and prospecting for gold in the hills of Connemara, she explains.

“The peat bogs of Connemara are an iconic part of its landscape and the evidence of the bog as a fuel source has also been a part of this iconography. As a multi-disciplinary artist living in Connemara and working in a variety of media I decided to use all the media at my disposal to capture these marks in the landscape before they vanish.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.

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