As a people with a long history of migration and dispossession, the notion of home is a deeply emotional one in Ireland.
Although evoking a nostalgic sense of warmth and security, the lived reality of domestic life is often at odds with idealised representations.
A new exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland considers what 'home' looks like in Ireland today and how it reflects wider societal changes - enjoy a gallery of images from No Place Like Home above.
No Place Like Home brings together work by artists who take us beyond the front door to reveal their experiences of home and domestic life, offering diverse perspectives on family, migration, mental health and economic disparity in Ireland.
The works in No Place Like Home range from the intimate and personal to the political and social, charting many of the joys and tensions that define ‘home’ in 21st-century Ireland. Together they reveal how our environments shape us in fundamental ways, and are themselves shaped by wider forces in Irish society.
Featured artists include Ciarán Óg Arnold, Enda Bowe, Niamh Crowley, Caleb Daly, Ciarán Dunbar, Tatiana Evonuk, Clare Gallagher, Anthony Haughey, Jamin Keogh, Barialai Khoshhal, Joanne Mullin, Shannon Ritchie, Luke Ryan, Vera Ryklova, Niamh Smith, and STILL SOMEBODY – Voices for Change.
No Place Like Home: The Domestic in Irish Photography is at Photo Museum Ireland until September 2023 - find out more here.
