Alan Phelan, Seán Kissane, Brendan Fox, Lynda Mooney, Aoife Banks and Pradeep Mahadeshwar pictured at the launch of 'The Tides of Monumental Gesture' exhibition in the Luan Gallery.

PHOTOS: New exhibition opens in Athlone's Luan Gallery

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The official opening of the latest exhibition in Athlone's Luan Gallery took place on Friday last, July 12.

Seán Kissane, Curator of Exhibitions at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), was the guest speaker at the launch of the exhibition, entitled The Tides of Monumental Gesture.

The Tides of Monumental Gesture features the work of ten artists, and is curated by Brendan Fox and Aoife Banks.

The artists are: Irish-Iraqi multidisciplinary artist Basil Al-Rawi, Swedish visual artist Ella Bertilsson, Irish visual artist and educator Sarah Edmondson, Éireann and I’s curator and researcher Beulah Ezeugo and cultural producer Joselle Ntumba with Adesewa Awobadejo, Romanian visual artist and researcher Istvan Laszlo, Indian visual artist and filmmaker Pradeep Mahadeshwar, Brazilian interdisciplinary artist Thaís Muniz, and Irish multidisciplinary visual artist Alan Phelan.

It will be on display at the gallery in Athlone until September 8.

Here are some photos from Friday's launch:

Ella Bertilsson, István László, Brendan Fox, Aoife Banks, Sarah Edmondson at the launch in the Luan Gallery.
Joselle Ntumba, cultural producer, Éireann and I, Adesewa Awobadejo, hairstylist and artist, at the exhibition launch.
Tony Strickland, Independent Art Curator, and Carmel Duffy, Manager, Luan Gallery.
István Lázslo, Pradeep Mahadeshwar, Sarah Edmondson at Friday's event.
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