Irish Arts Review, Summer 2006
Maeve McCarthy is the recipient of the inaugural Ireland-US Council Portrait Award, a prize that underlines our fascination with this compelling genre, writes Riann Coulter
Martina Corry’s futuristic abstractions in black and white at the Context Gallery, Derry, utilise a technique discovered in the 18th century; Brian McAvera explains the artist’s method
While the four artists short-listed for this year’s AIB Prize employ a variety of media to express their ideas, all share strength of impact, says Gemma Tipton
Brian McAvera visits Louis le Brocquy’s studio and finds him returning to first principles with his homage to Manet; a celebration of life and sensuality and a world away from his more recent existential ‘human images’
Ahead of the forthcoming retrospective hosted jointly by IMMA and Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Enrique Juncosa offers insights into the emphatic shift in Barry Flanagan’s practice since the 1980s
As Annaghmakerrig marks its 25th anniversary, Tyrone Guthrie’s vision in founding the eponymous retreat for artists in County Monaghan has been admirably realised, writes Marianne O’ Kane
‘Whipping the Herring’, currently on view at the Crawford Art Gallery, conveys the gritty reality and on occasion the lighter side of 19th-century life, but does it constitute a local School of Realism, asks Peter Murray?
Eamonn McEaneaney recalls his initial introduction to the Poole Collection, a fascinating and diverse record of life in Waterford from 1885 to 1954, and the subject of the summer exhibition at the National Photographic Archive, Dublin
Nicola Gordon Bowe discusses Harry Clarke’s exquisitely detailed interpretation of Synge’s Queens, an ode to history’s most memorable female characters
George Bernard Shaw’s gift to the National Gallery dramatically increased its buying power; Peter Somerville-Large recalls its investment by subsequent directors
Sean O’Reilly tracks the rise of Ireland’s leading architectural practice, over four decades, identifying the individual talents within that trio in shaping their success
Eleanor Flegg previews an exhibition of seven talented ceramicists who will share their techniques as part of the Ceramics Ireland Festival
Eleanor Flegg discusses the work of Peadar Lamb, chosen by a panel of experts on behalf of the Crafts Council of Ireland to acknowledge consistency in design excellence
Fiona Kearney traces the artistic lineage of Paul Seawright’s Woman and Child, an enduring image of maternal stoicism
