Irish Arts Review, Winter 2010
The insubstantial, shadowy terrain of memory is evoked in Elizabeth Magill’s new suite of paintings, on show at the Kerlin Gallery until December, writes Sue Hubbard.
Stephanie McBride examines the portfolios of eight talented photographers shortlisted for the Gallery of Photography’s 10th Artist’s Award.
Mark Swords, this year’s recipient of the award, and the three short-listed nominees, share a world view that brings them beyond the boundaries of Ireland, writes Jenny Fitzgibbon.
Despite a long and distinguished career at home and abroad, T P Flanagan can still proclaim, in conversation with Brian McAvera, “It may sound phoney but I’m never aware of myself as a totally formed artist”
In reviewing a new monograph on Brian Bourke, Ídear O’Connor considers the drama and energy that animates his work.
Catherine Giltrap recalls the dynamic influence of George Dawson in initiating the Modern and contemporary art collection at TCD 50 years ago.
Rod Mengham visits Michael Warren’s exhibition at Visual in Carlow where his investigation into the timeless nature of wood is seen to monumental effect in the Caryatids.
Fiona Kearney explores the duality of roles at play in George Bernard Shaw’s experimental photography currently on view at IMMA.
Charles Jervas was feted among the highest echelons of society during his lifetime, but in the centuries following his death he has accrued some very bad press; Caroline Pegum redresses the balance.
Following the recent conservation of a key Romantic work from the Crawford Art Gallery’s collection, Peter Murray assesses the short-lived career of tragic artist Edward Sheil
Alexandra Caccamo chooses some examples of exceptional botanical art bequeathed to the National Botanic Gardens by irascible horticulturalist William Edward Gumbleton.
Aidan Breen examines two key manuscripts from the National Library of Ireland, written in the late 12th century by Giraldus Cambrensis in defence of the Norman conquest of Ireland.
Barbara Hodges recalls the artists commissioned to create first-hand impressions of the pioneering cable communications project between Ireland’s Valentia Island and America
Following the recent restoration of the conservatory at Shane’s Castle, Terence Reeves-Smyth explores the history of this romantic and historic place in Co Antrim
A spectator sport Louise Cotter considers historic precedent and inspiration in her appraisal of Dublin’s new Aviva stadium
A crusader’s path Frances Ruane reports on Úna Burke, the 2010 recipient of the Irish Arts Review/Crafts Council of Ireland Emerging Maker Award
David J Griffin selects an engraving, after a design by James Gandon, illustrating Edward Smyth’s stucco work for the Four Courts from the collection of the Irish Architectural Archive
