Art Walk: August 2026
19 August 2026, 2pm
Enjoy an afternoon of art in the city with an introduction to exhibitions and arts organisations in Temple Bar, which you can later explore at your own pace.
Artist Screen Series: Jim Ricks | ‘Stations of the Elevated’
21 July 2015
Artists’ Screen Series presents a screening of ‘Stations of the Elevated’ (1981) by Manfred Kirchheimer and selected by TBG+S Studio Artist Jim Ricks. Tuesday 21st July 2015 | 6pm. Free entry, all welcome.
Tuesday 21st July 2015 | 6pm
Studio 6
Free entry, all welcome.
Please click here to book your free ticket to this event.
As part of our bi-monthly screenings of films selected by our studio artists, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios is pleased to present a screening of Stations of the Elevated (1981) a documentary by Manfred Kirchheimer about New York City.
On Tuesday 21st July, studio artist Jim Ricks will introduce Stations of the Elevated, a 45-minute city symphony directed, produced and edited by Manfred Kirchheimer. Shot on lush 16mm colour reversal stock. The film weaves together vivid images of graffiti-covered elevated subway trains crisscrossing the gritty urban landscape of 1970s New York, to a commentary-free soundtrack that combines ambient city noise with jazz and gospel by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin. Gliding through the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan - making a rural detour past a correctional facility upstate - Stations of the Elevated is an impressionistic portrait of and tribute to a New York that has long since disappeared. Completed in 1980, this lyrical, rarely-seen 45-minute cult documentary captures the exuberant height of the graffiti movement in New York. Stations... forces audiences to ask: “What is urban art, and what role does it play in the daily life of a city?”
This Dublin debut screening is open to peers and the public offering a glimpse into the Artist's interests and curatorial practice.
Jim has been a member of TBG+S since 2012. Now approaching the end of his time at TBG+S, Jim has selected this film as being influential on his artistic practice. The screening will be followed by a short questions and answers session. All are welcome to attend this free event.
Places are limited so please click here to book your free ticket.
About the artist:
Jim Ricks is an American-born conceptual artist, curator, and writer.
His recent exhibitions include;
'Alien Invader Super Baby' (Synchromaterialism IV), Solo exhibition, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, May – June 2015
"Carpet Bombing", Telling Lies, Rua Red, May 2015,
'Bubblewrap Game': Hugh Lane, Solo exhibition, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, October 2013 – February 2014 ,
"Additional Seating", Temple Bar Gallery + Studios are Dead, with Barbara Knezevic, Sean Meehan, Prinz Gholam, Jim Ricks, Iain Sinclair, Josh Tonsfeldt, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, 22 November 2013 – 25 January 2014