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1 – 23 June 2024 | Preview: Thursday 30 May 6-8pm 

Ground Floor Gallery

Artist:                       Dietrich Blodau

Title:                        Two island peoples in the same sea of struggle and hope. Cuba and Ireland.

Guest Speaker:         The Cuban Ambassador to Ireland-Bernardo Guanche Hernández 

Custom House Studios + Gallery Westport presents an exhibition of works by Dietrich Blodau which gives us a view of the extraordinary achievements of this steadfast, prodigious and committed artist who has contributed so much to the artistic life of Ireland over four decades. The exhibition offers a full range of his highly expressive observational works in print, pastel, aquarelle, and drawing. Pendulating between observations of nature and the built environment; from detailed monochrome line work, to bright, broad brushstrokes. 

Blodau was a founding tutor of the printmaking department at Limerick School of Art & Design, building the facilities to a world class level by the 1980s, where the access to printmaking education at the school was brought on a par with European and International peers. He contributed significantly to the early development of the Exhibition of Visual Arts in Limerick, now EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial. He has orchestrated numerous exhibition exchange opportunities for artists practicing in Ireland, to German based venues and beyond.