Joe Caslin

Seen, 2026

Graphite and digital drawing, archival pigment print on cotton rag paper

‘This artwork reproduces Seen, a 50-foot portrait of a transgender man originally installed on Townsend Street, Dublin. Pierced by arrows representing external harm, the man’s steady gaze and upright stance communicate endurance and survival. Developed in collaboration with a group of Ukrainian LGBTQIA+ refugees, Seen draws on shared experiences of identity, displacement, and belonging. The work offers visibility not as spectacle, but as recognition: an affirmation of this community, their experiences and their right to belong.’

Feicthe, 2026

Graifít agus líníocht dhigiteach, prionta lí cartlainne ar pháipéar ceirte cadáis 

‘Is macasamhail é an saothar ealaíne seo de Feicthe, portráid 50 troigh d’fhear trasinscneach a bhí le feiceáil ó thús ar Shráid Chnoc na Lobhar, Baile Átha Cliath. Tá saigheada pollta ann arb ionann iad agus léargas ar dhíobháil sheachtrach, agus is léargas ar theacht aniar agus ar sheasamh an fhóid iad an fhéachaint shocair agus an seasamh díreach. Forbartha in éineacht le grúpa de dhídeanaithe LADTAIÉ+ de bhunadh na hÚcráine, tá Feicthe bunaithe ar eispéiris chomhroinnte ar fhéiniúlacht, díláithriú agus muintearas. Is deis infheictheachta í an saothar seo i bhfoirm aitheantais seachas i bhfoirm taispeántais: comhartha aontaithe den phobal seo, a eispéiris agus a cheart chun a bheith páirteach.’

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