Truth Takes a Personal Turn at Kilkenny’s Newest Art Show. Can we ever agree on what is real? That is the bold question hanging in the air at An Chead Tine Gallery. The new exhibition, “What is Truth?”, asks us to set aside easy answers. Instead, it welcomes a clash of perspectives. I am thrilled to be part of this group show in Kilkenny. My piece, “This is How it Felt,” dives straight into that messy uncertainty.
Tracey Emin sparks the conversation. She provocatively asks who gets to judge one experience over another. Truth, she suggests, does not really exist. The exhibition grabs this idea and runs with it. Curator Mary Doyle Burke brings together Irish artists, poets, and writers. Marco Di Sante and PJ O’Connell helped select the works. Their choices create a space where fact and feeling collide openly.
We live in an age of information overload. But certainty often feels scarce. This show argues that truth is not a fixed object. It is a living, shifting relationship. We discover it. We inherit it. Sometimes, we even invent it. The gallery walls hold a dynamic encounter. Each piece becomes a negotiation between memory and myth. Some works challenge singular narratives. Others highlight how lived experience refuses to fit neatly into one story.
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My own contribution grew from a psychology lesson. A teacher once faced a tricky question from students. “What if a delirious person speaks untruths?” the class asked. The teacher gave a simple but powerful reply. “Focus on the feeling, not the facts.” That idea stuck with me. What we feel is undeniably real. So, my artwork explores how our own perspective shapes reality.
The exhibition does not try to resolve anything. Instead, it invites you to sit with the friction. Viewers step into a space of negotiation. The personal brushes against the political. The documented stands next to the imagined. You start questioning your own assumptions. Who is speaking? Who is listening? And most importantly, who gets believed?
“What is Truth?” reminds us that truth may not be a destination. It is more like a relationship, shifting with context. It changes with who is in the room. I am grateful to Mary Doyle Burke, Marco Di Sante, and PJ O’Connell for selecting my work. This is a powerful conversation to join. I hope you come see it for yourself. Bring your own questions. Leave your easy answers at the door.