Irish Arts Review, Spring 2006
Since its inception in 1977, the role of curator has been pivotal to the developing shape of ev+a and this year’s theme of generosity reflects its participatory ethos, writes Marianne O’Kane
Paul O’ Reilly places Michael Canning’s painterly ‘elegies’ in the context of so-called post-modernism and its legacy
Somewhere, in some place, in some discipline there may be evidence that the 21st century has really begun, has actually broken away and left the 20th century behind in the dust of progress. It’s debatable. But there is little evidence that this has happened, or is soon to happen in the field of contemporary art
As Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane prepares to relaunch in May with exciting new spaces, John Mulcahy looks back at its dynamic founder and pinpoints some key factors in the gallery’s future development
Sean Scully’s practice aligns itself with the tenets of the Abstract Expressionists — that painting can convey spiritual immanence using abstract means; Brian P Kennedy considers this argument, ahead of the unveiling this spring of the Scully room at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
Philip McEvansoneya finds that Margarita Cappock’s book Francis Bacon’s Studio (Merrell) succeeds admirably in its scholarly interpretation of the contents of Bacon’s studio while the vagaries of the creative process remain elusive
Imogen Stuart’s stone sculpture in honour of St Columbanus, is an unexpected, yet apt symbol of European solidarity, writes Brian Fallon
Clement McAleer’s latest work at the Hallward Gallery in Dublin this March, shows a fluency of expression that distinguishes it from the past, yet his preoccupation with an underlying structure connects the early work with the present, writes Brian McAvera
David Davison rediscovers Captain Frederick Bligh, a 19th-century photographer, whose prints capturing the majesty and nuance of the alpine world have recently been returned to Ireland
Seventeen paintings by AE Russell, a collection of portraits by Estella Solomons and literary papers from writer Seamas O’Sullivan, form the core of a valuable bequest to Trinity College Dublin, that is testimony to an enduring friendship, writes Riann Coulter
As conservation draws to a close on the 8th-century Lough Kinale book shrine, Eamonn P Kelly evaluates this cumhdach, together with a number of ecclesiastical objects to go on display at the National Museum later this year
Judith Hill meets Renaissance man Maurice Craig, a writer whose name is synonymous with architectural history, yet whose interests and studies have ranged from bookbinding to steamships with equal authority
Peter Pearson discusses the skillful painting techniques employed by Michael Dillon, Jane Willoughby and Patrick Fitzgerald, practitioners of an art form that began with cave painting
Eleanor Flegg discusses Irish silversmith Seamus Gill, chosen by a panel of experts on behalf of the Crafts Council of Ireland to acknowledge consistency in design excellence
Adriann E Waiboer discusses an unusual work from the oeuvre of 17th-century Dutch artist Aelbert Cuyp recently acquired for the National Gallery
