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Clifden Arts Festival 2023 – Visual Arts Programme – Sean O’Flaithearta – Fia fuinidh

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Fia fuinidh The land of the setting sun, the west; the western land, Ireland

Seán Ó Flaithearta

In 1338-9 in the city state of Siena in Italy, artist Ambrogia Lorenzetti created 6 frescoes in the Palazzo Pubblico. These were “L’Allegoria ed effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo” (“The Allegory of Good and Bad Government”). In his frescoes, Lorenzetti is warning those in authority to use their power properly, instead of abusing it. It depicts the lives of people under an honest system of government as opposed to a corrupt and undemocratic rule. These frescoes, and the questions that Lorenzetti considers, have moved me to undertake a series of artworks, using these universal themes to look at contemporary society in Ireland as part of the EU, from the local to the transnational. The exhibition delves into deeply felt forces that explore the tensions and uncertainties at the core of human experience on cultural, social and historical issues. Now, more than any other time in the history of humanity, everyone, and everything, is connected.

Sa mbliain 1338-9 i gcathairstát Siena san Iodáil chruthaigh an t-ealaíontóir Ambrogia Lorenzetti 6 fhreascó sa Palazzo Pubblico. Ba iad seo “L’Allegoria ed effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo” (“Allagóire an Dea-Rialtais agus an Droch-Rialtais”). San obair seo, tá Lorenzetti ag tabhairt foláirimh don dream atá i gcumhacht é a úsáid mar is ceart, in áit mí-úsáid a bhaint as agus a bheith ag caimiléireacht. Tá sé ag taispeáint saol na ndaoine dúinn faoi chóras rialtais ionraic i gcomparáid le drochchóras ina mbíonn meath agus scrios. Spreag na freascónna seo, agus na ceisteanna atá Lorenzetti a phlé, mé chun tabhairt faoi shaothar ealaíne comhaimseartha. Mar thúsphointe d’úsáid mé na téamaí uilíocha seo chun breathnú ar shochaí ár linne sa nGaeltacht, in Éirinn mar bhall den Aontas Eorpach, agus sa domhan trí chéile. Mar, thairis aon am eile i saol an chine dhaonna, tá gach duine, agus gach rud, bainteach lena chéile.

Official Opening September 11th 6pm

VENUE | CLIFDEN COURT HOUSE

2023 Festival Programme