9 JUNE - 14 OCTOBER 2018 HUGH LANE ROOM - National Gallery of Ireland
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9 JUNE – 14 OCTOBER 2018 • HUGH LANE ROOM
CIRCUS250: PHILIP ASTLEY ARTWORKS IN
ART OF THE SHOW IN IRELAND THE EXHIBITION
Glorious Feats! Philip Astley, known as the ‘father of the Some of the artworks in this exhibition
Graceful Acts on Horseback! circus’, came to Dublin after licensing were sketched rapidly by the artist from
Awe-inspiring aerialists! difficulties forced him to stop performing the audience stalls. Others were created
in London in 1773. In December of that later from memories and sketches of
Immerse yourself in the world of the
year, he opened his riding school on performances witnessed. Some works,
Circus with this exhibition and programme
Inns Quay, giving performances and such as the posters and programmes, were
of exciting events. This exhibition
riding lessons, both of which proved never meant to be displayed in a gallery,
forms part of the UK and Ireland-wide
hugely popular. He was also engaged to but rather were made to entice customers
celebrations of the 250th anniversary of
appear at Capel Street theatre. His horse, to the performances and to entertain and
the original circus, established by Philip
Gibraltar, but not Astley himself, was hired inform them when they arrived. There are
Astley in London in 1768. Dublin was the
to perform with the ‘Corsican Fairy’, a also works which look more to the idea of
first city outside England to which he
performer with dwarfism, at Smock Alley the circus and its people. Martin Gale’s
travelled, performing and giving riding
Theatre. Astley stayed in Dublin until June Arrival explores the notion of the sudden
lessons from 1773.
1774, and returned annually after that. In appearance of a circus tent in an otherwise
The exhibition showcases the work of 1798, he opened his Royal Amphitheatre familiar rural landscape. The tent, part-
well-known artists such as Jack B. Yeats, in Peter Street, near Christchurch, where concealed behind trees, gives a viewer a
Mainie Jellett, Mary Swanzy, Harry Kernoff he was granted a monopoly on circus sense of the anticipation of the wonders
and Martin Gale RHA. performances for the following 7 years. to come. Painted during the Second World
War, Mary Swanzy’s Clown by Candlelight
This exhibition and accompanying public
Jack B. Yeats, The Double Jockey Act shows a melancholy clown lost in thought,
programme bring some of the fun of the © Estate of Jack B Yeats, DACS London / IVARO
Dublin, 2018 possibly reflecting on his own situation,
big top and the history of this inspiring
or perhaps he is a metaphor for the artist
spectacle to the Gallery. An exciting
in a time of conflict.
programme of performances, film
screenings, workshops, talks and tours
has been planned, including a residency
by illustrator Steve Simpson.
We are planning even more exciting
additions to the programme of
Mary Swanzy, Clown by Candlelight
Circus250 events at the Gallery! © The Artists’ Estate
See www.nationalgallery.ie and follow
the Gallery on social media for updates.
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SPECIAL SUMMER STREET LECTURES
EVENTS AND SOLSTICE PERFORMANCE AND TALKS
PERFORMANCES AT THE NGI
Events are free with no booking required Summer Solstice is Thursday 21 June, We are delighted to be working with These talks allow us to delve deeper into
unless otherwise stated. Tickets for events when the Gallery will celebrate its first the 13th annual Laya Healthcare’s City the world of the circus and explore the
available at nationalgallery.ticketsolve.com. Thursday Lates event in Circus style. Spectacular, a free festival on Merrion motivation behind the exhibition, the
For Information, contact education@ngi.ie Late opening to 8.30pm allows for a Square from Friday 6 to Sunday 8 July. history of the circus in Ireland and the
01 663 3505. host of fun including refreshments and The festival showcases the best in work of Jack B. Yeats, which prominently
gigantic lawn games on the Merrion international street performance. features in the exhibition. On 4 July
The Irish Street Arts, Circus and Spectacle
Square forecourt accompanied by a Dr Richard McMinn will guide us through
Network (ISACS) is a national membership We have invited two of the international
special outdoor performance by the a history of the Circus in Ireland.
organisation which supports, develops performers to come over to the gallery
acrobatic comedy duo Lords of Strut at
and advocates for these collective art to wow gallery visitors with their skills. Leading expert on the work of Jack B.
6pm and interactive demonstrations by
forms nationally and internationally. Mat Ricardo, The Gentleman Juggler, Yeats, which features prominently in this
Dublin Circus Project. Moving indoors,
We are delighted to have worked with is the first man in history to put the exhibition, Dr Hilary Pyle, will speak on
DJ Dermot Kelly will be spinning tunes in
them on gathering ideas for the Gallery’s tablecloth back on a set table! He will 11 July. The monthly Tuesday Talk and Tea
the courtyard and the fabulous Tropical
celebration of circus. discuss and demonstrate his work in event in July will be given by exhibition
Popical will be doing circus-inspired nail
www.isacs.ie How to find an Audience in the lecture Curator Joanne Drum.
art. Following the launch event, visitors
theatre on Thursday 5 July at 6.30pm.
are invited to make the most of the Lectures: Wednesdays, 4 & 11 July, 1.15pm
Jonathan Burns, contortionist and flexible
long summer evenings with a variety of Talk and Tea: Tuesday 10 July, 11am, €5
comedian will bring his unique brand of
offerings on select Thursdays – details to
humour to the gallery as he performs
follow on the website and social media!
on Saturday 7 July at 12pm.
Events are Free. Booking required for
Tropical Popical nail appointments €
www.tropicalpopical.com
Tropical Popical Nails
Below: Lords of Strut Below: Jonathan Burns
Right: Dublin Circus Project Right: Mat Ricardo
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ARTIST IN DRAWING POP UP
RESIDENCE COURSE TALKS
Graphic designer and illustrator Steve workshops, one for professional graphic Sketchbooks in Practice: Inspiration Gallery pop-up talks usually focus on
Simpson will be in residence in our artists and the other for students and through observational sketches and notes works in the collection and exhibitions,
Millennium Wing Studio from 17 July to 12 recent graduates. and two of the three talks for Circus250:
Many artists sketched circus scenes as
August. Manchester-born Steve has over Art of the Show will follow the format, with
they sat in the audience. Jack B. Yeats
30 years’ experience creating work in his Events Fala Buggy examining Mainie Jellett’s three
used his sketchbooks like a diary to record
distinctive style, which shows the eclectic works, Under the Big Top on 20 July and
In-conversation event his experiences. Artist Julie Brazil will lead
influences of the Arts & Crafts movements, Emma Hackett taking a closer look at Percy
Tuesday 24 July, 11am this intensive two-day course, which will
1950’s advertising and folk art. He has Francis Gethin’s Travelling Circus, County
focus on using drawing and sketching to
won over 50 awards for illustration and Illustration workshop for Clare on 27 July.
observe life and to improve skills.
packaging design, and his work has been Graphic Design Students
On 13 July, we will welcome Johnie K.,
seen on everything from a postage stamp Saturday 21 July, 2-5pm, €15 Based in the Millennium Wing Studio,
a clown with a long history of performing
to a 200ft screen in Times Square. He is a the course will feature an exclusive visit
Illustration workshop for in circuses and with the renowned Clowns
founding member of the Illustrators Guild to the Jack B. Yeats archive to view his
Graphic Design Professionals without Borders, who bring smiles and
of Ireland and OFFSKETCH. rarely-seen sketchbooks. It will also feature
Saturday 28 July, 2-5pm, €45 laughter to communities in crisis. Johnie K.
a curator’s tour of the Circus250: Art of
As well as using the exhibition and will put on his clown face during his talk
8+ workshops the Show exhibition, a visit to the ESB
collection to inspire his own work, on The Art of Clowning.
Fridays, 27 July & 10 August, Centre for the Study of Irish Art to view
Steve will also host a number of public
11am-12.30pm, €5 the sketches of Orpen and other prominent Fridays, 1.15pm, 13, 20 & 27 July.
events and workshops, including an in-
artists, and an outdoor drawing session. Hugh Lane Room/Room 31.
conversation discussion with exhibition Updates on these events and more will be
All materials provided.
curator Joanne Drum, two workshops on the Gallery’s website and social media.
for children aged 8+, and two intensive www.stevesimpson.com Thursday 12 and Friday 13 July,
10am-5pm, €170
© Steve Simpson Limited to 12 participants.
Harry Kernoff, Circus Ring (detail)
© The Artist‘s Estate
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CIRCUS FILM FAMILY PROGRAMME
FORTNIGHT EVENTS TEAM
In association with the Friends of The films on 15 and 26 July will be On select dates throughout the show, The exhibition is curated by Education
the National Gallery of Ireland. preceded by Women in Circus, a 10-minute our weekly Sunday drop-in workshops Officer Joanne Drum. Special thanks
film on female circus artistes past and will take inspiration from the exhibition. to all our colleagues and contributors
Film, music, and animation will bring
present, created by Circus250 as part Families will be encouraged to create their who have worked so hard to make this
the circus to life on screen this summer.
of this year’s celebrations. own colourful characters and creatures, exhibition and programme happen.
We begin with fantasy drama, Big Fish,
circus tents, and even try their hand at
directed by Tim Burton and starring This programme has been devised by
‘copyrighting’ their unique clown make-
Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor. the NGI Education Department. Particular
Recent blockbuster, The Greatest
COMMUNITY – up on an egg, as clowns do!
thanks to Dr Richard McMinn, Circus
Showman, starring Hugh Jackman will
CREATIVE CIRCUS In September our sensory baby workshops Historian, for his many valuable insights
be sure to have you singing your heart will begin with a visit to the exhibition and advice in the preparation of the
As part of Cruinniú na nÓg, the national
out! For families with younger children, followed by a practical session exploring exhibition. Team members are: Sinéad
day of creativity for children and
we will screen Walt Disney’s Dumbo. sound, colour and pattern. Rice, Joanne Drum, Catherine O’Donnell,
young people on 23 June, the Gallery
Brina Casey, Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire,
Fossett’s, Ireland’s National Circus, are is partnering with Aosóg Child and Drop-in Family workshops:
Kate Drinane, Sarah Ward and Shane
celebrating their 130th anniversary this Family Project to bring a day of circus- Sundays, 1, 15 & 29 July, 11.30am-1.30pm
Morrissy.
year. They are the subject of Circus Born, themed making and doing to this Dublin
Baby workshops:
a documentary which will be screened 7 neighbourhood. Including a variety of
Monday 17 September, 12pm & 2pm, €5
on Sunday 29 July. art-making activities and led by Gallery
creative practitioners, the day will focus
Big Fish, Sunday 15 July, 3pm, Free
on the dynamism, fun and creativity
Dumbo, Sunday 22 July, 3pm, Free
of the circus environment.
GUIDED
The Greatest Showman, TOURS
Thursday 26 July, 6pm, €5 For information, contact Brina Casey,
Circus Born: The Story of the Fossetts, bcasey@ngi.ie 01 663 3509. All family public tours on Sundays at
Sunday 29 July, 12.30pm, Free 12.30pm will focus on the Circus250
exhibition in July and August.
Films by permission of
Private guided tours are also available.
Contact T: (01) 663 3510 E: tours@ngi.ie
at least 3 weeks in advance.
Mainie Jellett, Under the Big Top (detail)
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SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS
Thursday 21 June Tuesday 10 July 17 July–12 August Friday 27 July
4.30–8.30 Thursday Late 11.00 Talk and Tea Steve Simpson Artist in Residence 11.00–12.30 8+ Illustration Workshop
Featuring Lords of Strut, Dublin Circus Circus250: Art of the Show Millennium Wing Studio with Steve Simpson. €5
Project, Tropical Popical, food, drinks, with Joanne Drum. €5 1.15 Pop-up talk Percy Francis Gethin’s
DJ, games and more Friday 20 July Travelling Circus, County Clare
Wednesday 11 July 1.15 Pop-up talk Emma Hackett, Art Historian
Sunday 1 July 1.15 Lunchtime Lecture Manie Jellet’s Under the Big Top
11.30–1.30 Drop in Family Workshop Jack B. Yeats and the Circus Fala Buggy, Art Historian Saturday 28 July
Clown Eggs with Louise McGrath Dr Hilary Pyle, Yeats Biographer 10.33–5.00 Illustration Workshop
Saturday 21 July for graphic design professionals
Wednesday 4 July Thursday 12 July 2.00–5.00 Illustration Workshop with Steve Simpson. €45
1.15 Lunchtime Lecture 10.00–5.00 Drawing Course for students of graphic design,
Another Little Trouble Over: the Sketchbooks in Practice: Inspiration visual communications with Sunday 29 July
unique characteristics of the circus through observational sketches and Steve Simpson. €15 11.30–1.30 Drop in Family Workshop
in Victorian and Edwardian Ireland notes with artist Julie Brazil. €170 Big Top Grand Design with Kate Dick
Dr Richard McMinn, Historian Sunday 22 July 12.30 Documentary Film Screening
Friday 13 July 3.00 Family Film Screening Circus Born: The Story of Fossett’s
Thursday 5 July 10.00–5.00 Drawing Course (day 2) Dumbo Free Running time 85 min
6.30 Talk Sketchbooks in Practice: Inspiration Free. Running time 1h04m A Documenting the Arts project,
How to Find an Audience through observational sketches and In association with the Friends of supported by the Arts Council and
Mat Ricardo, The Gentleman Juggler, notes with artist Julie Brazil. €170 the National Gallery of Ireland the Irish Film Board
Variety Performer 1.15 Pop-up talk The Art of Clowning
Location: Lecture Theatre Johnie K, Clown Tuesday 24 July Friday 10 August
In association with 11.00 In-Conversation Event 11.00-12.30 8+ Illustration Workshop
Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular Sunday 15 July Illustrator Steve Simpson with with Steve Simpson. €5
11.30–1.30 Drop in Family Workshop Exhibition Curator Joanne Drum
Saturday 7 July Colourful Circus Characters and Monday 17 September
12.00 Street Performance Creatures with Eimear Murphy Thursday 26 July 12pm & 2pm NGI Baby workshops
with Jonathan Burns 3.00 Film Screening Big Fish 6.00 Film Screening with Frances Coghlan. €5
Flexible Comedian, Contortionist Free. Running time 2h05m The Greatest Showman Booking opens at 9am on
Location: NGI Front Lawn/Courtyard Preceded by a 10-min short film, €5. Running time 1h45m Tuesday 11 September
(depending on weather) Women in Circus Preceded by the short film,
In association with In association with the Friends of Women in Circus
Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular the National Gallery of Ireland In association with the Friends of
the National Gallery of Ireland
10 11Cover: Martin Gale, Arrival (detail). © Martin Gale, IVARO, Dublin 2018
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