"BogSkin" publication. January 2025.

Siobhan McDonald: Images: In the Valley of Tears (2025)

‘In the Valley of Tears’ depicts the final surviving letters of a manuscript buried in a bog for 1,300 years – an exploration of types of darkness in a bog that uses light and plants to expose the forces of nature that preserved it.

Curated by Patrick Murphy.

Artists: Robert Ballagh, Veronica Bolay, Tina Claffey, Patrick Collins, Barrie Cooke, Tom De Paor, Laura Fitzgerald, Patrick Hough, Shane Hynan, Finbar Kelly, Catriona Leahy, Fiona McDonald, Siobhan McDonald, Sean McSweeney, Hughie O’Donoghue, Nigel Rolfe, Noel Sheridan, Maria Simonds-Gooding, Camille Souter, and Amelia Stein.

https://rhagallery.ie/events/exhibitions/bogskin/ for details.