Fiona Kearney selects a Claire Halpin painting from the University College Cork Art Collection
As the title suggests, Panorama Europa presents a wide-ranging view of Europe that encompasses geographic, historic and cultural relationships. The painting shifts from images that evoke the religious traditions and conflicted histories of the island of Ireland on the far left through to the civic-realm architecture of Eastern Europe and China’s Belt and Road initiative on the right, moving through depictions of war, public protest and totalitarian gatherings.
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