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Cork Cultural Companions is an Age & Opportunity Arts initiative, delivered by Muintir Cork and supported by the HSE and Cork City and County Councils. Cork Cultural Companions has local networks of members who attend events together regularly in Cork City, Mallow, Bantry and East Cork.

Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Discover Gvozdene Kapije (The Iron Gates) by Barbara Knežević at SIRIUS Arts Centre in Cobh

 


Discover Gvozdene Kapije (The Iron Gates) by Barbara Knežević at SIRIUS

This October, we invite you to explore an extraordinary exhibition by Dublin-based artist Barbara Knežević at SIRIUS, Cobh. Drawing on her Australian, Polish, and Serbian heritage, Barbara weaves together film and sculpture to tell layered stories about history, culture, migration, and identity.

At the heart of the exhibition is a stunning film set in the Iron Gates region of the Danube River, on the border of Serbia and Romania. Blending fact and imagination, Barbara gives voice to rivers, mountains, fish, and even ancient Mesolithic sculptures, offering a poetic perspective on how history, place, and memory shape us.

Alongside the film, visitors will encounter powerful sculptures that combine industrial materials like steel and chain with natural elements such as stone, wood, and ceramic. These pieces echo the whirlpools of the Danube and the great turbines of the Iron Gates dam, balancing the monumental with the intimate.


Launch Event

📍 SIRIUS, Cobh
📅 Saturday, 4 October
🕑 2–4pm
🎟️ Free – no booking required

The launch includes a special conversation between Barbara Knežević and SIRIUS Director Miguel Amado, offering visitors the chance to hear directly about the inspirations and ideas behind her work.


Barbara’s art is both deeply personal and universal, reflecting on family stories while connecting them to larger histories of the Balkans, migration, and cultural change. This exhibition is a chance to immerse yourself in thought-provoking, beautifully made work that speaks across time and place.

Why not come along, bring a fellow Cultural Companion, and share in this unique journey through art, memory, and imagination? 




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