An exhibition exploring the spirit of sport at Kilkenny's Butler Gallery

The Art of Sport - an exhibition exploring the spirit of sport as captured by a selected group of 28 artists using diverse media will run at the Butler Gallery until October 8.

Conveyed through video, photography, painting, print and sculpture, the exhibition, which is part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival, features an eclectic fusion of both Irish and International artists in the Main Gallery.

A programme of archive films of Irish sport by amateurs and professionals from the 1950s onwards, curated by Irish Film Institute, is on view in the Digital Gallery throughout the exhibition.

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Sport is a global language that communicates positively with a broad audience. This exhibition does not profess to take on sport as a whole, and does not include some of the more obvious of choices. Rather, the selection attempts to showcase art of substance, grace and beauty—work that draws on elements of sport that stimulate and challenge the viewer.

Wide-ranging work by artists from Ireland, Denmark, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and the USA are included along with museum loans of work by Irish artists such as Charles Brady, Louis le Brocquy and Elinor Wiltshire. The work exhibited in The Art of Sport provides a visual pathway into a world where survival and success depends on courage and heart, passion and talent, and where sacrifice and guts prevail.

Including works by: Josh Begley, Charles Brady, Paul Carroll, Vincent Cianni, Michael Craig-Martin, Dorothy Cross, Vanessa Daws, Rineke Dijkstras, Andy Fitz, Jona Frank, Marcus Harvey, Nicolai Howalt, Nevan Lahart, Louis le Brocquy, Jeannette Lowe, Colm Mac Athlaoich, Colin Martin, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, Kenneth O’Halloran, Mandy O’Neill, Tony O’Shea, Julian Opie, Martin Parr, Paul Pfeiffer, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Amelia Stein, Sarah Walker, Elinor Wiltshire.

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