Me, Myself & Bts: Portrait Exhibition

The Hideout Café & Art Gallery, 2 Verde House, Wellington Road, Cork City, T23 E

Thu 09 Jan 2025 - Fri 28 Feb 2025
6pm
FREE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lockdown cabin fever to k-pop art exhibition
Cork, 19 Dec 2024
Cork-based artist, Edel Ryder-Hanrahan announces their first solo portrait exhibition: “Me, Myself & BTS”, in the Hideout Cafe & Art Gallery on Wellington Rd. from January 9th 2025.
Fans of art and Korean pop-music alike will enjoy an extensive exhibition comprising of 30 pairs of portraits completed in ink, watercolour and graphite. Each pair consists of a self-portrait of the artist and a portrait of a member of worldwide K-pop sensation BTS, linked together through song lyrics from the group’s music.
During the dark days of covid lockdown, Edel rediscovered their love of drawing and painting, and at the same time discovered renewed energy and hope from the music and message of BTS, whose “Love Yourself” and “Map of the Soul” series were of particular inspiration.
“Me, Myself & BTS” takes you on a journey through the artist’s exploration of self-acceptance and renewal while aging. As a 47-year-old parent of three children, Edel started to wonder where they could find space for their own