Dragana Jurišić
My Own Unknown
- Thursday 9 Nov 2017 - Sunday 7 Jan 2018 (Closed from 23 Dec to 1st Jan)
- Opening Thursday 9 Nov, 6-9pm, admission free
Conversation between the artist Dragana Jurišić and the curator Natasha Christia, 6pm, admission free, reservation recommended, in English
After party with music performed by Adrian Crowley, 8pm, admission free
Tuesday to Sunday from 2pm to 6pm
(late opening on Wednesdays until 8pm)
Closed on Mondays, Saturday 18 & 25 Nov, from Wednesday 6 to Friday 8 December and from Saturday 23 December to Monday 1st January
In 1954, a farm girl disappeared from a village in rural Yugoslavia. Rumour has it that she fled to Paris where she led a double life as a spy until her death in the 1980s. A ravishing woman, she was Dragana Jurisic’s aunt. Recovered from her few personal belongings, was a colour photograph in which she is seen striking an unsettling pose – hypnotic yet ambiguously charming. Almost a century earlier, another mysterious beauty in Paris, “L’Inconnue de la Seine”, was immortalized in a death mask and celebrated by artists and writers alike.
These two female characters together with the artist herself form the protagonists of Dublin-based photographer Dragana Jurišić’s exhibition My Own Unknown. In this very personal exhibition, photography and texts are entwined to address the complexities of exile, politics and betrayal together with family history.
For the weekend of Paris Photo, Vivienne Gamble has selected three emerging Irish photographers to exhibit at Espace Lhomond, CCI’s neighbouring gallery: read more.
Don’t miss the after-party at 8pm with music by the folk songwriter Adrian Crowley and a foodtruck!
Listen to the recording of this event:
