‘Art is a crystallisation of fantasy. Of our fevered desires, flippant whims and untold fears. It – like the ancient practice of lucid dreaming – is difficult to master. Children are more adept at both these things than adults. The subconscious hasn’t been walled off yet by the psychological hurdles adolescence brings. The skill of the artist is the skill of the lucid dreamer: that of control. To temper the base air of the psyche to some sort of distilled resolution’. – Davey Moor
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is currently showing Lucid Dreaming, dlr Open Exhibition of visual art by artists who have studied in, are originally from, or are living or working in the County. Artists were invited to submit work on the theme of Lucid Dreaming. The exhibition was selected and curated by Royal Hibernian Academy Curator, Davey Moor, through an open submission process. Moor has worked as a curator since 2004 in a range of independent and institutional roles, including Monster Truck, 2008-2014. He was previously a Director of Kevin Kavanagh Gallery 2008-2010 and Collections Manager and Registrar at the Irish State Art Collection at the OPW from 2010-2024.
Alongside the exhibition, dlr Arts Office is also running a programme of accompanying talks, workshops and events. This offers many opportunities for people of all ages to interact with the gallery in different ways, learning about and trying out different art-making techniques.
For further details, visit the website: dlrcoco.ie/arts
Image credit: Eimear Carvill, Tranquility 1, 2025
Lucid Dreaming, Selected and Curated by Davey Moor, Curator, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin runs at dlr Lexicon from 7 December 2025 – 15 February 2026
