Irish Arts Review, Spring 2009
The exhibition of Hughie O’Donoghue’s work, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, demonstrates that the figure has finally emerged triumphant, writes Mic Moroney
Jane Humphries previews new paintings and works on paper by John Cronin at Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Dermot Healy traces the beginnings of Diarmuid Delargy’s painterly preoccupation with the power and vulnerability of indigenous Irish sharks in his new suite of paintings on show at Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
Peter Murray explores the stimulating content of the literary salon currently on view at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, a collaborative exhibition with the Arts Council and the Abbey Theatre
In his early thirties Patrick Pye converted to Catholicism: here he tells BRIAN McAVERA of the impact this has had on his life’s work and his artistic alignment with Italian art before 1500
Ann Mulrooney charts the revolutions in form and finish that characterise Sonja Landweer’s evolving practice.
Mark Granier discusses David Stephenson’s ongoing project documenting two families in a series of intimate portrayals of private lives.
A painting by Patrick Collins is immediately recognisable, modernist in sensibility and wholly original, writes Brian Fallon
Julian Walton discusses the brilliant but tragically short career of 18th-century landscape artist Thomas Roberts, the subject of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland
An important chapter in the history of Irish scriptorium reached a happy conclusion when a facsimile of Macregol’s Gospel, the original of which is in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, was unveiled in Birr, County Offaly. Margaret Hogan reports
The ancient territories that combined to make County Offaly enjoyed a rich tradition of fine craftmanship, ranging from prehistoric talismans to objects of Christian devotion, writes Eamonn P Kelly
Peter Harbison examines biblical scenes and arcane visions from the imagination of the medieval stonemason, captured by photographer James Fraher
Mirjam Foot selects a number of prime examples of 18th-century bindings collected by bibliophile Benjamin Guinness, the ownership of whose library was recently transferred to Marsh’s Library, Dublin
Grafton Architects won two awards at the recent World Architecture Festival, Barcelona; in the learning category and World Building of the Year for Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, described by Stefano Casciani as a landmark for the city.
Antony Gormley’s solitary figure has become a central presence at the University of Limerick, writes Catherine Lawless
