We are delighted to bring the RHA Friends on an exclusive tour of Visual Poetry: The Photography of John Minihan at the National Gallery of Ireland, in the company of Sarah McAuliffe, Curator of Irish Art post 1900.
The exhibition offers an insight into the artist’s extensive career, which spans over sixty years, exploring his experience of working as press photographer for the Daily Mail from the age of 16, which led to his introduction to Samuel Beckett, to his eventual relinquishment of media assignments in favour of more personal projects.
From the outset of his career, Minihan’s pursuit of photographing “what might have gone unnoticed” and his desire to draw out the poetry of everyday life formed the core of his practice.
RHA Friends only – please email des@rhagallery.ie to reserve a place.
Image: John Minihan, ‘Self-portrait in Paris, 2016’, 2016. National Gallery of Ireland Collection. Photograph by John Minihan. Copyright of University College Cork.
