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Reclaiming a Space: Diana Copperwhite, Erin Lawlor, Helen O’Leary, and Dannielle Tegeder

 

 

Helen O’Leary | Irish Arts Center, NYC Sore Spot Series | reclaimed pigment on reconstructed wood, linen | 56 x 44 x 8 inches

Through June 23, 2024

Diana Copperwhite, Erin Lawlor, Helen O’Leary, and Dannielle Tegeder

Four women artists from Ireland and the diaspora explore notions of home, place and displacement, and identity through different media and styles within the practices of abstract art. Representing both the hard-edged and the lyrical, and ranging from oil painting to sculpture, their work shines a light on the genre’s reclamation of physical and cultural spaces that historically have been occupied by more traditional forms within the canon.