Imelda Kilbane’s paintings are hewn from the wild and rugged Achill Island in County Mayo, writes Mark Ewart as the artist’s first solo exhibition
In the mid-1990s, the French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud assigned the term ‘relational aesthetics’ to art that revolved around the analysis of social interactions. In effect, ‘relational’ art by figures such as Gillian Wearing (and perhaps more recently Mark Clare), came to stand for a two-way public engagement where an artist proposes and inflects, rather than asserts and ~efines. For some artists, objects and spaces also became part of this exchange, as the public were encouraged to contribute to the very concept of the work itself.
Overcoming the slow down at home, Irish architects Heneghan Peng, Grafton Architects, O’Donnell+Tuomey amongst others have looked to international competitions, but overseas projects are not without risk, writes John McLaughlin
In addition to creating a likeness of her daughter, Geraldine O’Neill has in mind the age-old interrogation of representation, writes Robert Ballagh of this year’s recipient of the Ireland-U.S. Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award
James Watson could trace his family’s artistic lineage to York Minster and following his move to Cork he launched a new tradition to last a hundred years, writes Vera Ryan.