Grimmuseum

This exhibition title NEITHER HERE NOR THERE suggests a world of 'in-betweens.' Each of the ten artists selected for this show in their own way, go beyond a binary form of understanding, addressing issues of history, tradition, uncertain spaces, meaning and intimacy. Binary models infuse our thinking at every level in society, as life is constantly split into various dichotomies of rich/poor, traditional/contemporary, animal/human, and so on ad infinitum. This method of categorization seems to be the very foundation of an eschewed world view that produces an entire wasteland of disregarded in-betweens. The artists selected for this exhibition challenge these polarities in new and subtle ways.
Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first six months of 2013; this is an opportune occasion to highlight the work of these ten contemporary Irish artists who have migrated to the city of Berlin over the last 20 years. The exhibition will tour to Ireland to be exhibited at the Galway Arts Centre in December 2013.