Sharon Belton’s images reveal a heightened sense of composition, a theatrical mise-en-scène, writes Stephanie McBride
‘It began with the black turnip,’ explains Dublin-based artist Sharon Belton, on encountering the vegetable in her local Polish shop that gives the title to her recent series of photographs. Belton is drawn to the ordinary and so the black turnip was a joy, its texture ‘gnarly and unassuming’. ‘Vibrant colours of fruit and vegetables do not attract me,’ she says.
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Daniel Breen selects a sculpture by Seamus Murphy in the collection of Cork Public Museum
Daniel Maclise’s portraits of women, with their Romantic mood and understated symbolism, are among the best of his work, writes Julian Campbell
Philip McEvansoneya considers how the Trench Collection of Tibetan art in the National Museum of Ireland was acquired by the collector, and the museum, and asks if it’s time this ethnographic display was made more accessible to the public
