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# Curios About: Uchronic Shelter III by Barry Kennedy
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/curios-about-uchronic-shelter-iii-by-barry-kennedy/
- Published: 2016-09-14T22:52:33.000Z
- Updated: 2016-09-13T22:52:00.000Z
- Description: In his work, Kennedy seeks “to create timeless spaces, a constructed world in which dockland motifs sit in utopian landscapes”. You can see it this month at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services in D8.
- Author: Sam Tranum
- Tags: Culture Desk, Curios About, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**Uchronic Shelter III**  
By Barry Kennedy  
Mixed media, oils, print transfer on found wood, 400mm x 858mm

**1\. This work is about . . .** uchronia, which refers to a hypothetical or fictional era. It exists only in nostalgia and the longing for an idealised time. In my work, I aim to create timeless spaces, a constructed world in which dockland motifs sit in utopian landscapes. Signifiers of human activity, found rusted fragments, become sculptural elements interrupting the painted surface.

**2\. I made this work because . . .** as the present social implications began to reveal themselves, homelessness and the notion of shelter suggested the construction of flimsy and unstable spaces, which might suggest a solution but ultimately could collapse, reflecting our present fragmented society. The work aims to represent and imagine the synthesis of uchronia, a place where nostalgia and reality coalesce.

**3\. I hope when people see this work they will . . .** get a sense of uchronia, a place where nostalgia and reality coalesce, by exploring the nooks and crannies of the constructed shelter: miniature paintings, rust sculptures and prints which reveal themselves to the viewer.

**4\. In terms of art history, this work . . .** could fit into a contemporary trend of installations emerging at the crossroads of painting, sculpture, architecture, and activism. Built from found materials, this work employs aspects of sculpture, painting and print-making to address the social and environmental issues of homelessness.

**5\. You can see my work . . .** in the Emerging Artists 2016 [show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPND3D7JLrI&ref=dublininquirer.com) at St Patrick’s Mental Health Services in Dublin 8, 9 September to 29 October.

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