Public Gesture

Jessica Conway, Ehmm…, as part of Public Gesture at the LAB, Dublin.
Jessica Conway, Ehmm…, as part of Public Gesture at the LAB, Dublin.

Public Gesture was an exhibition by students of the MA in Visual Arts Practices (MAVIS) at the LAB, Dublin. It ran from Friday 13 May 2011 until Thursday 19 May 2011. The exhibition included new work by Rachael Agnew, Debora Ando, Clare-Louise Bligh, Terence Erraught, Aoife Flynn, Jessica Conway, Trish McAdam, Siobhán McDonald & Rachael Gilbourne, Ann Murphy, Vukasin Nedeljkovic, Jane Queally, Sarah Roche and Dorothy Smith.

Public Gesture was curated by Rosie Lynch, Seán O’Sullivan, Rowan Sexton and Kate Strain.

It featured a set of texts edited by Curt Riegelnegg, and a programme of parallel discussions with invited guests who contributed to the legacy of the MAVIS programme.