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The gallery is open from 1PM to 5PM, Tuesday to Saturday until 23 December, and then again from 9 to 27 January 2024.

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GalleryX presents

The Shamanic Eye

Featuring works by William Mortensen (1897-1965), alongside the photographic art of Chris Stein (feat. Debbie Harry & HR Giger), Edward Colver, Courtney Brooke Hall, Cormac Figgis, Brittany Rose Luciani, Andres Serrano, Adam De Ville, Ken Weaver, Erik Bergrin and Alexis Palmer Karl.

Curated by Stephen Romano

"Throughout the history of art the role of the artist has been compared to the role of the shaman. This is because the artists role has always been one of mediator, transformer and most prominently visionary. The role of both the artist and shaman has always been to stand between two worlds: that of the visible and the invisible. The viewers, or the community in the case of the shaman, entrust the artist to go forth into the realm of the invisible and return with a gift: the invisible transformed into the visible."

Clare Milledge, 2013

GalleryX Dublin is pleased to present an exhibition of photography curated by Stephen Romano of Brooklyn NY entitled "The Shamanic Eye" opening November 30 and continuing through January 16 2024.

While the artists in the exhibition do not identify themselves as shamans, the exhibition's premise is of cutting edge and provocative photography by established and emerging artists whose practice perpetuates the visionary power of the art maker, as empath, social healer or conduit of hidden knowledge. This bears affinity with the shamans (male and female) who use magic for the purpose of curing the sick and divining the mystical.

In these ever bewildering times, people seek alternative and more trusted means of guidance and inspiration in order to maintain sustenance. Art has historically been one such source that we draw strength from, and in the most noble of instances, the artists creative motivation is altruistic. While shamans essentially works in league with spirits to repair a soul, the artist channel their personal ordeals and experiences to manifest works that serve to the viewer as affirmations of a higher order.

In this exhibition, whether intentionally or not, the artists are diviners and conduits who reveal a basic truth, that art has the power to transform the mundane into the evocative. In a testament to the artists' practices, that it brings awe and elation to a world deeply in need of healing, this exhibition presents the artist as altruist, with unselfish regard for and devotion to the welfare of others.