{"product_id":"facade-robert-mccormack-new-irish-works","title":"Facade, Robert McCormack – NEW IRISH WORKS","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis research based photographic project takes place in some of the wealthiest neighbourhoods surrounding Hyde Park, in the centre of London. These areas - Kensington, Mayfair, Belgravia, Chelsea, Holland Park and Notting Hill have the highest price tags for residential properties in the United Kingdom. In these spaces, financial elites who buy homes, are buying and inheriting a history and heritage that has been preserved. For some, this heritage meets the need to salvage an essential sense of self from the debris of modern estrangement.\u003cbr\u003e In London today, there is a new class in which the financial constellation is dominant and which ultimately traces the roots of its new wealth to the deregulation of the financial markets. These new financial elites are the true heirs to the long held imperial legacy connected with London; their power has grown to a dimension that is truly imperial in the modern world. London is now the destination of choice for the world’s multi billionaires, it is virtually a tax haven, and a large proportion of these new residents now live in the areas McCormack chooses to photograph for \u003cem\u003eFacade\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e The images taken for this project, give a perception of the city as a site of mystery, they seek to reveal and construct a conceptual portrait of this wealthy portion of society. In doing so, they look at how space is formed and organised around them, as social identity is defined and asserted through difference.\u003cbr\u003e Walter Benjamin's writings throw up numerous metaphors for the ways we make sense of the city, he likened these to the work of digging and collecting. The city is understood as a material form that imbeds or encodes meaning; it surrenders these meanings in the form of fragments, clues, hints and echoes.\u003cbr\u003e Utilising a form of psychogeography to overcome the processes of banalisation in the city, where experience of our surroundings becomes one drab monotony. This project aim, is to seek out spatial inequalities, using the spaces photographed as a vehicle to create a dialogue around social stratification and the complexities contained in urban life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Robert McCormack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Robert McCormack is an Irish visual artist, currently living and working in Co Meath. He is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology where he received a BA in Photography in 2013 and has recently completed an MA in Photography \u0026amp; Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London, 2015; this course was undertaken after he received the Kirsty MacColl scholarship for artistic and academic excellence. His work has been shown in numerous galleries in Ireland including the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Gallery of Photography and SO fine art editions.\u003cbr\u003e Robert's current works question spatial inequalities, exploring how the structure of urban environments affect the mental states of the people who live, work and move through these spaces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erobertmccormackphotography.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout New Irish Works\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSelected by an international panel of 23 professionals, New Irish Works brings you a selection of 20 projects and 20 photographers representing the diverse range of practices coming from Ireland. New Irish Works 2016 is a year long project of 10 presentations and 20 publications that aims to highlight the great moment Irish Photography is experiencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artists selected are Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Aisling McCoy, Caitriona Dunnett, Dara McGrath, Daragh Soden, David Thomas Smith, Eanna de Freine, Emer Gillespie, Enda Bowe, Jan McCullough, Jill Quigley, Kate Nolan, Mandy O’Neill, Matthew Thompson, Miriam O’Connor, Noel Bowler, Robert McCormack, Roseanne Lynch, Shane Lynam, and Yvette Monahan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery month from July 2016 to July 2017, a special presentation will be hosted at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/photoireland.org\/the-library-project\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Library Project\u003c\/a\u003e for two of the selected artists at a time. The presentation will include a display and a publication for each artist’s project. The two artists that will be presented during \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/2016.photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhotoIreland Festival\u003c\/a\u003e 2016 are Daragh Soden and Mandy O’Neill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the project, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhotoIreland\u003c\/a\u003e will bring New Irish Works abroad at key events like PhotoEspaña, with the support of the Embassy of Ireland in Madrid, and to Paris during Paris Photo, with the support of the Centre Culturel Irlandais and Culture Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more: newirishworks.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLimited edition of 200\u003cbr\u003e Published by PhotoIreland\u003cbr\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e 32 pages\u003cbr\u003e 148×210 mm\u003cbr\u003e ISBN: 9780995701878\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PhotoIreland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4178707054623,"sku":"NIWMCCORMACK","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/NIW_ROBERT_xs.jpg?v=1527550774","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/no\/products\/facade-robert-mccormack-new-irish-works","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}