‘There’s a huge sensuous pleasure in making a colour’ Fergus Martin tells Brian McAvera as an exhibition of his work opens at IMMA
‘Everything that is beautiful has something creepy about it or something unsettling underneath,’ Vera Klute talks to Brian McAvera about her aesthetic
Michael Cullen’s interpretation of Irish mythology at the Taylor Galleries, Dublin, is like being taken on a journey through the history of art, writes Brian McAvera
Robert Ballagh has long been recognised for his political engagement; BRIAN McAVERA asks him to enlarge on the artist’s position in
society ahead of his retrospective at the RHA in September
An attraction to the clear compositions of the early Renaissance and the tensions inherent in German Expressionism may seem incompatible, but, as Michael Kane explains to BRIAN McAVERA, both styles have had a direct influence on his work
Brian McAvera pays tribute to Edward Murphy whose personal commitment to the development of Irish art research will reap immeasurable benefits for generations
Painter and master printmaker Stephen Lawlor talks to Brian McAvera about the nuance of approach required for each medium, ahead of his solo show at Oliver Sears Gallery this winter
Ursula Burke, Emma Donaldson and Deirdre McKenna explore the mutable topic of time at the F E McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge. Claire Dalton looks at their responses
Brian McAvera considers the leap from all to gallery as a new generation of artists like Conor Harrington successfully negotiate both arenas
Brian McAvera anticipates a deepening appreciation for the work of Northern artist T P Flanagan following his retrospective at Bonhams, Dublin this March
Has capturing the pattern of everyday life put Hector McDonnell among the ‘Kitchen Sink’ School; or is he as he claims, an Impressionist? Brian McAvera asks the questions
Brian McAvera examines a provocative new series from Colin Davidson, which brings us face to face with those who have been overlooked in Northern Ireland’s hard-won peace
‘I like painting with a gun to my head,· Nick Miller tells Brian McAvera about techniques he’s adopted in order to capture immediacy in his art
Daphne Wright is known for her unsettling sculptural installations that tap into the fragility of the human condition: in conversation with Bnan McAvera she recalls the source of her inspiration
Michael Warren has been consistent in his desire to marry the contemplative and the concrete: here he tells Brian McAvera, ‘to make is, for me, to make matter, matter’
Colin Darke tells Brian McAvera how seeing a burning cigarette paper sparked an idea for an expressive means of communication
Compared to metal and marble sugar and wax may seem like frivolous materials but sculptor Brenda Jamison is made of sterner stuff, as Brian McAvera discovers
Until 2010, I never regarded myself as a portrait painter and had absolutely no desire to be one’ Colin Davidson tells Brian McAvera…
‘I’m trying to make the invisible visible’ Pat Harris tells Brian McAvera on the eve of his exhibition at the Taylor Galleries, Dublin
Brian McAvera wonders whether soulless consumerism is the message in Ian Cumberland’s dramatically installed artworks recently shown at Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast
All around the globe, conflicts have and continue to shape the land and their inhabitants’; Elizabeth Magill explores the flipside of the buccolic in conversation with Brian McAvera.
Relocating to France brought a change in focus for Eithne Jordan, who tells Brian McAvera, ‘I had begun to feel that I was painting myself into an alley’ ahead of her exhibition at Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
‘I want to make sculpture that transends its scale, and that has a soul’: Anthony Scott tells Brian McAvera about his purpose in creating sculpture
Eilís O’Connell is widely admired for expanding the language of sculpture; here she tells Brian McAvera ‘Gravity is my dearest enemy’ ahead of her participation in ‘Ark’ this summer at Chester Cathedral
Brian McAvera sees Colin Davidson wrestle with sexual politics in his new series of Nudes on view this autumn at Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin.
Reflecting on a career marked by invention and experiment, distinguished sculptor Bob Sloan tells Brian McAvera, ‘I find working in the studio as difficult as ever. Nothing comes easy’
This month Dorothy Cross delves into our national collections to create a show for IMMA,here she tells Brian McAvera ‘Sometimes I need extreme new experiences to find new directions,’ while the show continues into March 2015
