Seeing Georgian Limerick
In 2008, to commemorate 50 years of the Irish Georgian Society, the Limerick Chapter of the Irish Georgian Society and Limerick City Gallery of Art commissioned Deirdre Power and 3 other artists to take photographs of Georgian Limerick.
Photographing what they see in Georgian Limerick was an invitation to reveal what has been hidden by familiarity and neglect – architectural coherence, moments of monumentality, beauty. Alternatively the images can show what is normally unseen – the richness of the interior decoration, the life of the lanes. With the power of photography to focus attention and to transform the ordinary and taken-for- granted the exhibition aimed to help define the character and value of Georgian Limerick.
Mike Fitzpatrick former Director of Limerick City Gallery of Art
Mayfly Flag
The MayFly Flag - LIMERICK TO NEW YORK
Artists Deirdre Power & Chelsea Canava 'Mayfly Flag’ The Flag Project 2022 at Rockefeller Center supported by The Climate Museum and the UN Environment Programme Commissioned for the Eco Showboat. Reflecting the short lived aquatic insect of the northern hemisphere, the ephemeral Mayfly, messages from Limerick Citizens in NY through semaphore postcards – a celebration of the ecology of the community from citizens young and old of Limerick City, acknowledging their dedication to ecological preservation.
The flag design will be celebrated in Limerick City & New York during RiverFest 2022.
WaterPaths is a collaboration between artists Chelsea Canavan & Deirdre Power, their practice explores themes and shared narratives around the life and ecology of our rivers Thanks to artists Cleary Connolly Supported by Eco Showboat, Arts Council, Limerick Culture and Arts Office, CreativeIrl
Seeing Georgian Limerick
In 2008, to commemorate 50 years of the Irish Georgian Society, the Limerick Chapter of the Irish Georgian Society and Limerick City Gallery of Art commissioned Deirdre Power and 3 other artists to take photographs of Georgian Limerick.
‘Photographing what they see in Georgian Limerick was an invitation to reveal what has been hidden by familiarity and neglect – architectural coherence, moments of monumentality, beauty’
Brian McMahon Grain store studio 2008
The Quest 2014
Limerick City of Culture 2014. Power takes Roche’s Hanging Garden as a start and embarks on a personal consideration on the role of the strange and exotic in the everyday, inspired by a particular moment in the history of the city when new wealth and power made it possible for men such as William Roche to experience and possess the products of distant lands.
