Niamh O'Doherty and Tony Strickland, independent art curator, at the recent launch of the 'Apocalypse Anxieties' exhibition in Athlone's Luan Gallery.

PHOTOS: Opening of 'Apocalypse Anxieties' exhibition in Athlone's Luan Gallery

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Luan Gallery opened its current exhibition, Apocalypse Anxieties, on Saturday, April 27, with guest speaker Ian Kenneally.

The gallery explained that Apocalypse Anxieties "responds thematically, aesthetically, and affectively to an underground 'nuclear bunker' installed by the Irish Government under Custume Barracks, Athlone, during the Cold War".

The exhibition features the work of Aideen Barry, Tom O’Dea, Léann Herlihy, Orla Punch, Christopher Steenson and Frank Sweeney.

It was supported by Arts Council funding and was curated by guest curator, Kerry Guinan.

Apocalypse Anxieties will remain on display at the gallery until June 27.

More information on the exhibition can be found here.

Below are some images from the exhibition's launch on April 27:

Pictured at the launch were: Carmel Duffy, Christopher Steenson, Aoife Banks, Tom O'Dea, Kerry Guinan, Commandant Fergal Joyce and Lynda Mooney.
Pictured at the launch were: Stephanie Rowe and Samir Eldin.
Margo McNulty, Muireann Kenneally and Ian Kenneally at the launch event.
Sean Guinan, Tadhg O'Cuirrín, Laura Fitzgerald, Christopher Steenson, and Eve Woods.
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