Plein air or plein foolhardy? Joe Wilson takes on the Beara, writes James O’Nolan ahead of the artist’s solo show at the Catherine Hammond Gallery, Skibbereen, Co Cork
Joe Wilson wasn’t always a painter of land, or even a painter for that matter. He has worked as an archaeological photographer, made largescale sculptural constructions, and when he first left art college in the late 1960s his work was about mathematically precise systems of measurement. These rich and varied interests have fed into his career as an educator but also influenced in a profound way his later work as a painter, which often gives the impression of being excavated or scraped back from the painted surface.
In recording the traditional attire of female estate workers, Augusta Caroline Dillon of Clonbrock House, Co Galway, seemed presciently aware that her images would become historical document, writes Christiaan Corlett.
George Berkeley is famous for his contribution to philosophical thought, but less well known for his observations on art, some of which Peter Murray examines here.
Richard Gorman is marking his 70th year with an exhibition at Castletown, Co Kildare where his colourful abstracts animate the walls of its classical interior, writes Jennifer Goff.