Maeve Brennan

Informed by long-term investigative research, Maeve Brennan’s practice examines the historical and political resonance of materials and places. Creating intimacy through proximity with her subjects, she gathers anecdotal evidence to animate sites and narratives. Her recent project The Drift builds on Brennan’s previous works, such as Jerusalem Pink, which looks at the role of stone in Palestine in relation to her great-grandfather’s work on the architectural restoration of the Dome of the Rock, and Core Sample, which surveys the political and geological strata latent within contested materials.  Through observing the intertwined identities, unregulated economies and shared resistance felt across the densely layered archaeological and urban sites of Lebanon, The Drift explores the politics of conflict through its material – and immaterial – residue.  

Recent exhibitions have been held at OUTPOST in Norwich, England, The Glue Factory in Glasgow, Scotland, Dar el Nimer in Beirut, Lebanon, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland, Metropolis Empire Sofil in Beirut, and Ashkal Alwan in Beirut. Brennan was a fellow of the arts study program at Ashkal Alwan in Beirut.

Courtesy of Chisenhale Gallery