Eimear O’Connor pays tribute to Margaret Irwin-West, who quietly embodies Jean Paul Sartre’s dictum
Recently the Leinster Gallery in Dublin hosted a curated retrospective exhibition of the work of Connemara-based artist printmaker, Margaret Irwin-West. Entitled ‘Mining the Image’, there were over fifty works on show covering a range of themes from Cubism to social consciousness, and a short film featuring the artist at work, purpose-made for the occasion. Well-known and respected among her contemporaries, it was Irwin-West’s first full-scale exhibition in Dublin.
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.