aemi & TBG+S present: Mark Leckey Artist Talk

Tuesday 29 January 2019 | 2pm
This talk is free and directed towards third level-students, click here to book your ticket.

aemi and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios are delighted to welcome Mark Leckey to present an informal student-focused artist talk about his work. Mark Leckey (born 1964) is a British contemporary artist, working with collage art, music and video. His found object art and video pieces, which incorporate themes of nostalgia and anxiety, and draw on elements of pop culture, span several videos. In particular, he is know for Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (1999) and Industrial Light and Magic (2008), for which he won the 2008 Turner Prize.

Mark is in Dublin to present his most recent work entitled Dream English Kid, 1964-1999 AD as part of 'The Memory-Image', an aemi screening event curated with Dr Sarah Durcan, artist and programme leader of the MFA Fine Art at the National College of Art & Design. 'The Memory-Image' will take place at the Irish Film Institute on Tuesday January 29th at 6.30pm. For further details of the screening and to book your tickets to the screening visit here.

aemi is a Dublin-based initiative that supports and regularly exhibits moving image works by artists and experimental filmmakers. For more information visit www.aemi.ie