Elective Mutism (1988) : Golden Thread Gallery

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Elective Mutism (1988)

Marie Barrett

Details

Object Number

GTG/ID/2022/0004

Type

Medium

Mixed media work on paper

Dimensions

Elective Mutism (1988)

This work is one of three in a series by the artist now in the Collection.

The work was purchased for the Golden Thread Gallery Collection thanks to support from the Ampersand Foundation.

Born in Derry in 1964, artist Marie Barrett is known for her socially engaged art practice. From the 1980s onward she created site-specific public art works, using processes of collaborative engagement and dialogue with specific communities, such as garment workers, women’s groups and young people in Derry and Donegal. Working across the republican–unionist divide, she attempts to encourage dialogue between often-divergent community groups.

Her solo exhibitions include the Orchard Gallery, Derry; the Irish Arts Centre, London; the Irish Arts Centre, New York; the Arts Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast; and I.M.M.A., Dublin. Her work has been part of group exhibitions at the Golden Thread Gallery including ‘Icons of the North’ in 2006, part of our Collective Histories series, and ‘Things We May Have Missed’ in 2007.

Barrett is a co-founder and Artistic Director of North-55. She has been the recipient of several national and international awards including the Alice Berger Trust Award (Berlin) and the Cultural Relations Travel Award (Quebec).

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