Clare’s people & landscape celebrated in Súil Gallery’s inaugural exhibition

Peadar King, Editor; John Kelly, Photographer; Anne Jones, Editor at the Art of Place Exhibition Opening in Súil Gallery. Photograph: Paul Corey

SÚIL Gallery’s inaugural exhibition showing the art of place in Co Clare runs until the end of January.

A glimpse into the personal lives and creative processes of thirty one artists who live or come from Co Clare are included in the exhibition ‘The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare’ which features photography based on the book of the same name.

Central to the exhibition is the photography of award-winning photographer John Kelly, who captures people and places that are vital to the cultural landscape of Clare in terms of creativity and inspiration.

Mullagh native Kelly has been a staff photographer with The Clare Champion for over thirty four years. Accompanying John’s photography are extracts written by the contributing artists, including writers, visual artists, musicians, composers, sculptors and filmmakers. The project is a wonderful celebration of creativity, diversity, and storytelling, of which the contributors are masters.

First published in 2022, The Art of Place: People and Landscape of County Clare was edited by Peadar King and Anne Jones. Kelly’s photographs featured in the exhibition were commissioned by Clare County Council through the Per Cent for Art Scheme.

Súil Gallery, developed by Clare Arts Office, recently opened at Causeway Link, Ennis to great acclaim. The inaugural exhibition has been running since November 15th and is available to the public until January 31st. Copies of the book and selected prints from the exhibition are available from the Gallery.