Name/TitleBadge: Blue Dyke
About this objectSmall round pin badge with the words 'Blue Dyke' in white lettering over a graded blue background. 'Blue Dyke' by Breda Lynch was a public artwork exhibited at Ormston House, Limerick in 2020-21.
MakerLynch, Breda
Maker RoleArtist
Date Madec.2020
Period2020s
Place MadeIreland, Limerick
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, metal and plastic
MeasurementsDia: 25 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsLGBTQ+
Subject and Association KeywordsContemporary art
Subject and Association Keywordsgender & sexuality
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://ormstonhouse.com/programme/blue-dyke:
Sourced from imagery of queer activism and decadent consumerism, Blue Dyke is a series of forty sun-printed cyanotypes and digital prints by Breda Lynch. A special large-scale presentation in the windows of Ormston House was commissioned for the Feminist Supermarket bringing the artworks to the street following recent restrictions on indoor gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blue Dyke emerged from a larger collection titled Fragments of a Lost Civilisation (2016-) which includes found, appropriated, stolen, and gifted materials engaging with apocalyptic visions, countercultural movements, and Utopianism. The artist hoards and re-works these materials over and over, embracing the deterioration or “noise” of the image, defining an aesthetic of queer failure, and conjuring a magical world of queer possibility.
In response to Blue Dyke at Ormston House, When We Move in Blue is a limited edition pamphlet on the work of Breda Lynch, written by El Reid-Buckley and designed by Oisín Ralph. This commission is also an acknowledgement to LGBT Youth who are questioning how and where their community is represented in the city.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2022-146-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved