Join us on Thursday the 21st of August as we visit Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, to catch their current exhibition ‘Composting Colonialism: Towards the Radical Garden’. This looks like it’ll be an interesting show!

Mermaid Arts Centre closes at 4pm so myself and Lisa will be leaving the studio at 12pm to make our way there – you’re welcome to make the journey with us if you’ll be headed from this direction, or if you’d prefer to meet us at the gallery, we’ll probably get there for around 1:30pm. RSVP below if you’re interested in coming along.

What does it mean to decolonise the garden?

Selected works by Irish, Spanish and British artists consider the effects and legacy of colonialism, horticulture and the garden as a status symbol, inviting the audience to explore radical post-colonial horticultural practice and histories.

Imbued with notions of displacement, class, exile, invasion, appropriation, theft and hunger, the history of gardening and horticulture on the island of Ireland and beyond contains the very recipe of colonisation, from the plantations of both people and forests to the introduction of monoculture food and cash crops.

Samantha Brown (UK), Padraig Cunningham (IRL), Grace Enemaku (IRL), Yvanna Greene (IRL), Louis Haugh (IRL), Marianne Keating (IRL), Elida Maiques (ES), Siobhan McGibbon (IRL), Laura Ní Fhlaibhín (IRL) and Harold Offeh (UK)
Curated by Elida Maiques and Anne Mullee