Fiona Kearney traces the artistic lineage of Paul Seawright’s Woman and Child, an enduring image of maternal stoicism
University College Cork purchased Paul Seawright’s Untitled (Woman and Child) from a solo exhibition at the Kerlin Gallery in 2005.
Over the last twenty years, University College Cork has developed a significant collection of contemporary Irish art. Artworks from the collection are sited in most University buildings, and a number of sculptures have become attractive features of the college grounds. In this way, the art collection becomes part of the visual culture of the campus environment and an integral part of life at UCC
Nicola Gordon Bowe discusses Harry Clarke’s exquisitely detailed interpretation of Synge’s Queens, an ode to history’s most memorable female characters
