This exhibition is the first public showing of contemporary British and Irish Art from the private collection of Dr. Ian Rowan. The Irish Museum of Modern Art is delighted to have been so generously afforded this opportunity to exhibit such a comprehensive and challenging collection of painting, photography, sculpture and graphic works many of which have never been seen in Ireland before. The Rowan Collection houses some of the most important artists to have produced work in Britain and Ireland in the last fifteen years including Darren Almond, Michael Craig-Martin, Ian Davenport, Felim Egan, Tracey Emin, David Feeley, Barry Flanagan, Mark Francis, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, TomHunter, Sarah Lucas, Elizabeth Magill, Martin Maloney, Fionnuala Ni Chiosfiin, ChrisOfili, Richard Patterson, Simon Patterson, Marc Quinn, Fiona Rae, Sean Scully, PaulSeawright, Sean Shanahan and Sam Taylor-Wood.