Irish Arts Review, Summer 2008
Riann Coulter investigates the variety of proposals from the four short-listed artists for Ireland’s most significant art prize
Margaret Egan’s landscape paintings and figurative compositions have a shared aesthetic; both are moody, complex and dynamic
This summer sees Dublin City Gallery arrayed with its debut collection of 300 works of art and, for the first since 1913, all thirty-nine of the controversial conditional paintings will be shown together, writes Mic Moroney
Brian McAvera talks to Charles Tyrrell about the influence of the Beara Peninsula on his work, his approach to abstraction, and the structures and processes that underpin his painting.
Patrick J Murphy discusses the development of John Behan’s distinguished career as he marks his 70th birthday and prepares for two exhibitions later this year
Stephanie McBride views the plan and process of an angel’s journey in Amelia Stein’s studies of Imogen Stuart’s studio
Ireland’s historic associations with horse-racing failed to yield an 18th-century equivalent to England’s George Stubbs, nevertheless this void was dramatically filled in the 20th century by Jack B Yeats’ and Basil Blackshaw’s heroic renditions, argues Brian Fallon
