Peter Bradley and Stephen Doyle Dysphoric Euphoria
Exhibition Opening Talk with artits Stephen Doyle and Peter Bradley and sociologist and writer El Reid-Buckley.
Saturday 28th June with access to the exhibition from 3pm, In-conversation from 3.20pm
This talk will be ISL Irish Sign Language Interpreted.
Dysphoric Euphoria presents polarising extremes of queer existence. Within this
exhibition Peter Bradley and Stephen Doyle explore the joys and the hardships of
Queer experiences through painting. Taking on themes of societal exclusion, religious
power, and identity in a contemporary Irish society.
The titular duality is divided by the artists. Doyle manifests Dysphoria by allowing
discomfort to become tangible through their handling of paint and installation work. They depict some of the major obstacles facing the community to challenge systems of power and oppression in its various forms. Bradley’s collection portrays the Euphoric through themes of community, joy as a form of resistance, and liberation from gender norms through playful collages of paint, plexiglass and personality. Accompanying the paintings within the show are texts by El Reid- Buckley, FELISPEAKS and William
Keohane.
The exhibition continues until Sunday 10th August, 2025
Tea, coffee, Prosecco and cakes will be served.
The event is free and open to the public.
About
El Reid-Buckley (they/them) is an interdisciplinary writer, researcher and creative facilitator from Limerick City. They hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Limerick, and use their formal academic training to inform their creative and community practices. In doing so, they often work in traditionally non-complementary modes, and put 'oppositional' texts, theories and techniques in conversation with each other to seek out the productivity and pleasure that comes with tensions. Much of their work is socially-engaged and collaborative, and involves working with artists across Ireland and the wider world. Their creative writing has been published by Poetry Ireland, Project Arts Centre, Outburst Arts, Ormston House, Almanac: A Journal of Trans Poetics, and more.
