an almost impossible cottage
Various artists, various collections
3 December 2024 – 15 January 2025
an almost impossible cottage is an assemblage of artworks, objects and ephemera collected from residents of Limerick city, displayed in the windows. Following a period of conversations, home visits and submissions, the project borrows held and cherished pieces from various members of the public – offering an alternative art history and city collection that speaks to value placed through personal narrative and sentiment. Anchored by a number of works from contemporary artists, students, friends and family members, the collection is threaded and bound by many curious and slight objects which speak on the departed, lost and transformed.
Thank you to all the participants and contributors to this project – to those who shared conversation, stories and knowledge, lent their art works and belongings, as well as to all the artists; Katie Verling, Walter Verling, Tom Prendegast, Ana Goodman, Ada Cotter. Stephanie O’Keeffe, Jean Conroy. Isabella Walsh, Seán Healy. Tom Collins, Dorothy Cross, Fergal Lawler, Niki O’Connell, Joe Lane. Ümit Şahin, Ayşe Erva Ekin, Ala Buisir. Dylan Ryan, Pamela Dunne. John Logan. Sean Mc Ilfatrick. Feá McCoy, Colm McCoy. Lizzy O’Connell, Margaret Cahill, Clara Laherty, Angel Robinson, Anna Gleeson, Alice Costello, Tadhg Flynn, Caimin Walsh, Niamh Brown. Ilinca Luca, Andrew Clancy. Teresa Collins, Ailbhe W Drohan, Emma Reynolds, Rungtawan Tuohy, Meadhbh O Leary Fitzpatrick.
There is an accompanying catalogue and publication to this project, available here.