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Artists: Brigid McLeer

Withholding ‘us’:
Art, Politics and
the Problem of Appearance

Opening: 09.10 Location: Salon Saigon 6D Ngo Thoi Nhiem, Ward 7, District 3, HCMC     In this illustrated talk Brigid McLeer discusses her recent projects that explore how ‘we’ as subjects of the political can appear in the context of current global, and local, forces intended to ensure our disappearance in political terms. These projects include N scale, The Triumph of Crowds and a new work entitled The Regent’s Street. In particular the talk will examine how Brigid is using artistic and performance strategies to produce spaces, images, objects...

Brigid McLeer

Brigid McLeer is an Irish artist based in London. She trained in Fine Art at the National College of Art and Design Dublin, University of Ulster at Belfast and Slade School of Art in London. She is interested in ideas around contingent subjectivity and the public-political and works in various media/modes including video, durational performance (live and to camera) photography, drawing and writing. Her work has been shown in galleries, public sites, as online projects and on the page. Recently Brigid has begun to produce more collective and participatory performance...