ARTISTS
A Most Favourable Soil
09 Nov, 2019 - 01 Mar, 2020
Envisioned as the final exhibition in the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny Castle, A Most Favourable Soil looks to the botanical practice of grafting as a metaphor that links people, sites, land use, and production. The exhibition considers how each architectural iteration of the new Butler Gallery site has, since the twelfth century, utilised aspects of the physical fabric of the previous building. Thus, the stones of the St. John鈥檚 Priory, the first buildings that occupied the land, serve as a form of rootstock that has been blended with each new structure. This concept of grafting and melded creations not only emphasises the regeneration of the Evans鈥� Home site, but also has a strong connection to the history of orchards in the area. Prior鈥檚 Orchard, that stretched along the river in front of the priory鈥檚 property, is but one example.
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Envisioned as the final exhibition in the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny Castle, A Most Favourable Soil looks to the botanical practice of grafting as a metaphor that links people, sites, land use, and production. The exhibition considers how each architectural iteration of the new Butler Gallery site has, since the twelfth century, utilised aspects of the physical fabric of the previous building. Thus, the stones of the St. John鈥檚 Priory, the first buildings that occupied the land, serve as a form of rootstock that has been blended with each new structure. This concept of grafting and melded creations not only emphasises the regeneration of the Evans鈥� Home site, but also has a strong connection to the history of orchards in the area. Prior鈥檚 Orchard, that stretched along the river in front of the priory鈥檚 property, is but one example.
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