If You Only Walk Long Enough: Exhibition, Irish Arts Center NYC / by ellie berry

If Only You Walk Long Enough

Leanne McDonagh, Ellie Berry, and Edy Fung
Curated by Moran Been-noon

'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where—' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'—so long as I get somewhere,' Alice added as an explanation.
'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.'

—from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, CHAPTER VI

Alice next arrives somewhere, just as the Cheshire cat predicted, but was she the same Alice when she got there? This exhibition seeks to explore travel, travellers, Travellers, journeys, and destinations, and ask how they change each other. Artists Leanne McDonagh, Ellie Berry, and Edy Fung bring to the exhibition a perception of travel that’s tied to their experiences, and each offers the audience a moment of meditation on how travel can influence them, their destination, and their idea of “somewhere.”


Running from January - July 2023, I am thrilled to be part of this exhibition in the Irish Arts Center in New York, curated by Moran Been-noon. Below, I’ve included installation images of my, Leanne McDonagh, and Edy Fung’s work.

Reflections, responses, and more details of this exhibition to come.
For now, just know that I will be in New York for an artist talk on the 27th March 2023.

Location:
Irish Arts Center, 726 11th Avenue, (bet. 51st & 52nd)
New York, NY 10019

Artist talk: 
Monday, March 27 | 6pm 
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Dates:
Jan 13, 2023 – Jul 23, 2023

Exhibition hours:
Mondays through Wednesdays | 5:30pm–9pm 
January 17–March 9; April 10–June 1 

Saturdays | 1pm–5pm
January 28–July 22 (except April 8 and May 27)
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Photography: Julia Gillard