Opening Reception: "Dueling with Ghosts" - a solo exhibition by Graham Carew
Fri, 30 May
|Kilkenny
An Chéad Tíne Art Gallery proudly presents Dueling with Ghosts, a powerful solo exhibition by Kilkenny-based painter Graham Carew, curated by Mary Doyle Burke. The exhibition will run until June 26th and opens at 7pm on Friday 30th May, with an opening address by artist Laurence O'Toole.
Time & Location
30 May 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
Kilkenny, 1st Floor, Dunnes Stores, St Kieran's St, Gardens, Kilkenny, R95 PF82, Ireland
About the event
This evocative collection invites viewers into a deeply personal journey of memory, solitude, and creative reckoning. In January 2024, Graham moved into a small cottage nestled in the hills, surrounded by trees and wide skies. It was a return to stillness, to silence — and to the ghosts that had long waited for such quiet.
Reflecting on a life more than halfway lived, and the frightening yet joyful call to dedicate himself to art, what began was a slow emotional purge — a processing of bile, grief, and long-buried truths.
These paintings, created over the past year, reflect that raw process. Inspired by music that stirs the soul — particularly Ed Harcourt's Duet for Ghosts — the exhibition title was born. But for Graham, these were not duets. These were duels.