Humbly Through the Dust

Exhibition inspired by The British Council's Art Collection Co. Fermanagh 2012

Venue: The Cooper Wilkinson Gallery, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland
Preview: Thursday 4 October 2012 at 7.00pm
Opening hours: 11.00am - 4.00pm, Monday - Saturday until 3rd November

Humbly Through The Dust is a unique exhibition inspired by The British Council Collection and curated especially for County Fermanagh by artist and resident Dr. Helen Sharp, who lives and works on Inisherk island (population 4) on the Crom Estate.

The title of the exhibition is taken from the novel Ring O’Rushes written by Shan Fadh Bullock, born on Inisherk in 1865. Both fictitious and autobiographical, Bullock’s writing borrows from fact and from imagination to weave tales of rural life and so too does Humbly Through The Dust.

The exhibition gleans from the curious notion of how the autobiographical is manifest within a rural landscape or outland, and has at its heart, the curator’s response to the experience of living in County Fermanagh and her witness to man’s bond with nature, the land and in particular to its animals.

Gillian Wylde's video work 'Is Kylling Bogg Bogg' was screened within the exhibition as part of the 2012 Fermanagh Festival.