Passport Exchange

Nine Irish and eight Polish artists are included in this exhibition, which is to go to Poland next year. Predictably, it rather sprawls about, and with a casual, disconnected look which may be deliberate, or simply happened that way. Religion is very much to the fore - Ireland and Poland both being Catholic countries, and of course we have "sexual identity", something which can be made to stretch a long way.

In spite of obvious attempts to find a thematic base or bases, the exhibition rather lacks unity or concentration - perhaps it has to, given its terms - and the ideas too often are blurry or self-satisfied.

However, there are points of genuine interest, notably the paintings of Mariusz Woszczynksi which combine Popstyle, almost graffito-like imagery with a raw, expressionist energy. Shane Cullen is probably the most interesting of the Irish artists, who include some unfamiliar names. Generally the works run in a groove, and to be frank, a certain amount of it looks slightly deja vu; my own opinion is that both sex and religion, in this kind of context, have been milked dry and that we are in some danger of being caught in a time-warp. But at least the attempt to coordinate the sensibilities of two far-apart countries is a courageous one, and one wonders what the Poles will make of it next year.

Runs until December 31st.