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Maria McKinney: Somewhere but here, another other place
Maria McKinney creates intricate installations from everyday objects - her sculptures invite you to take a fresh look at familiar things and examines boredom and how best to escape it.
Sounds of the City
Sounds of the City is a community project and exhibition commissioned by the MAC and led by artists from the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC), Queen’s University Belfast.
Robert Therrien: No Title (Table and Four Chairs)
American artist Robert Therrien is internationally renowned for his monumental sculptures that transform everyday objects into fantastical installations.
Nicholas Keogh: A Removals Job
Commissioned by the MAC, Nicholas Keogh’s new film, A Removals Job, 2012, celebrates the camaraderie of a group of workers and the unspoken exchanges between them.
William Conor & L.S. Lowry: A People Observed
This exhibition brings together the works of celebrated artists William Conor and L.S. Lowry, to be part of ni2012’s ‘Our Time, Our Place’ celebrations.
Eithne Jordan: Small Worlds
Eithne Jordan, one of Ireland’s most recognised artists, paints overlooked urban spaces – the absence of people gives stillness and clarity rarely experienced in contemporary city life.
Shipsides and Beggs Projects: Still not out of the Woods
Dan Shipsides and Neal Beggs are both artists and avid climbers. They use their shared passion for mountaineering as a way of exploring intertwined notions of life, culture and society.
Johanna Billing: I’m gonna live anyhow until I die
Swedish artist Johanna Billing makes atmospheric video installations. This exhibition presents a series of her recent work alongside a new film - I’m gonna live anyhow until I die, 2012.
You Don’t Love Me Yet by Johanna Billing
Coinciding with Johanna Billing’s exhibition at the MAC, Duke Special is organising a live event as part of Billing’s on-going project You Don’t Love Me Yet (2002-2012).
Roxy Walsh: The Lady Watercolourist
Northern Irish artist Roxy Walsh’s first solo show in Ireland since 1995 - including a series of paintings made during 2007 -2008 and a wall painting made specifically for the MAC’s gallery.
Claire Morgan: Gone to Seed
Claire Morgan creates seemingly solid structures from thousands of individually suspended elements, which have a direct relation to nature.
Mary McIntyre: A Contemporary Sublime
This exhibition of Mary McIntyre’s landscape work from 1999 – 2011 is shown for the first time alongside historical paintings which have influenced her practice.
Peter Doig: Imaginary Places
Peter Doig’s highly distinctive paintings have been exhibited worldwide to international acclaim; this is the first significant exhibition of his work in Northern Ireland.
Oliver Jeffers: The Incredible Book Eating Boy Illustrations
This amazing exhibition of Oliver Jeffers’ illustrations from The Incredible Book Eating Boy will coincide with the MAC & Cahoots NI’s theatre adaptation of the book from 27 November.
Andy Warhol
Over the course of a 30 year long career, Andy Warhol transformed contemporary art. This is the first ever major exhibition of Andy Warhol’s work in Northern Ireland.