Ghosts have maintained a presence in art from ancient times. From pre-historic cave paintings through to our present uneasy times, artists have used the transcendental figure to explore ideas of an inner life and to make visible the mystical and metaphysical. Although the idea of the human soul was sometimes symbolically or literally depicted in ancient cultures as a bird or other animal, it was widely held that the soul was an exact reproduction of the body in every feature, even down to clothing the person wore.

This exhibition explores loss of faith - in governments, religions, institutions and the current waves of anxiety and uncertainty about the future. Mulvany's work references ways in which art from the past has documented dramatic upheavals such as the mythology of the American West, the Destruction of Pompeii, and the Great Depression. With references ranging from Mexican retablos to 14th century devotional painting and early spirit photography Mulvany’s Irish gothic-tinged paintings and mixed media pieces of spectral figures haunting the homes of East Austin suggest a past that is not ready to be forgotten.