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IAR DiarySource: Irish Arts Review (2002-), Vol. 19, No. 3 (Winter, 2002), pp. 32-34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44Published by: Irish Arts ReviewStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25502883 .
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ART IRELAND AT THE RDS Ireland's largest visual arts event of the year?
Art Ireland 2002?is a must for your diary, whether you are a dedicated connoisseur, an
occasional collector or simply love art matters.
This now annual event has successfully pio neered the concept of the accessible and
enjoyable art fair here since its inauguration
just two years ago?providing a truly unique
opportunity for members of the public to view
thousands of works by dozens of the country's
leading artists under a single roof. The con
cept is, of course, long established in many other European countries and Art Ireland
founder/organiser Maria McMenamin says the Irish public has responded very positively to the
idea of a large-scale Irish art fair (over 7,000 people in 2001). Thanks to its variety of exhibits and
democratic nature, Art Ireland plays an important role in breaking down many of the prejudices and pretensions surrounding the visual arts scene,' she says. Among the artists already confirmed
to take part are such well known names as Sandra Bell, Graham Elliot, Darlene Garr, Ursula
Klinger, Ludmila Korol, Syra Larkin, Margaret Irwin, Louise Mansfield, John Philip Murray, John
Nolan, Liam O'Neill, Ian Pollock, James Quinn and Claudio Viscardi. Galleries taking part will
include the Catto Gallery (London), The Greenhouse Gallery (Scotland), The Greenlane Gallery
(Dingle), The Leinster Gallery (Dublin), the Magil Fine Art Gallery (Dublin) and The Sandford Gallery
(London). Art Ireland 2002, Main Hall of the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin: 22-24 November
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Eilis O'Connell's fourth solo exhibition at the Green On Red Gallery is being billed as an oppor
tunity to view this artist's extraordinary work in a more intimate setting. With just seven or eight small scale sculptures made from such diverse materials as plaster, bronze and moss, this new
body of work marks a return to handwrought and personal objects. A number of the works on
display are plaster casts which the artist waxes and hand-paints to create a bronze-like patina,
suggestive of the forms she uses in her larger-scale work such as Under and Over at
Lismore Castle (see the Irish Arts Review, Summer 2002).
Eilis O'Connell: until 16 November 2002
NEW GALLERY IN PEMBROKE Latest name on the block is the Blue Leaf Gallery on Pembroke Street. The new
Dublin venue is the second gallery venture by Cathy Boyle and Ciara Gibbons,
whose initial outlet in Fairview launched only last year has proven a tremen
dous success. The talented duo have now expanded into the prestigious Pembroke precinct where they have brought together an eye-catching ensem
ble of Irish and international artists?both new and established. Expect a simi
lar formula to that which has proven such an instant hit in Fairview, where the
new owners have demonstrated an intuitive flair for promoting saleable contem
porary artworks at extremely affordable prices. The gallery will be formally launched on 5 November with a group show followed on 19 November by a
Rasher exhibition featuring Paul Kavanagh. Names to watch out for on the Blue ^^
Leaf roster include Leonard Sexton, Brian Smyth, Eugene MacGowan, Tom Climent,
John Ratajkowski, Suzy O'Mullane and Sonia Caldwell. The second Blue Leaf premises is a much larger space than the existing Fairview outlet and holds out the promise of
widening both artist/client base. Group Show: 5 November. Rasher: 19 November
Art Ireland at the
RDS
Eilis O'Connell at
Green On Red
JV-2 IRISH ARTS R E VIEW WINTER 2002
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FOCUS ON THE NORTHWEST Artist Nicholas Hely Hutchinson
returns to The Frederick Gallery for his second one man exhibition
at the Dublin venue opening on
11 November. Nicholas has strong
family ties with Ireland, and travels
both to Dublin and the west coast regularly each year. In addition to the artist's beloved Co. Mayo, this year's exhibition will feature pictures from Nicholas' first trip to the northwest with Donegal,
Fermanagh and Sligo featuring strongly. Nicholas works in a variety of media, but is perhaps best
known for his use of gouache over a pastel colour. This gives some of his work an ethereal qual
ity where translucent layers of colour float over a solid base. He has built up a considerable
following for his paintings, which are so immediately recognisable and characterised by his unusual
perspective/vibrant palette. Hely Hutchinson's first show at the Frederick in December 2000 was
a complete sell-out. Nicholas Hely Hutchinson: 11-22 November
ART AWARDS ON TOUR The RDS has been instrumental in the development of fine and applied arts since the 1740s, and the tradition continues today with the RDS Art
Student Awards, which recognise excellence in the work of young and
emerging Irish artists. Previous winners include such luminaries as Walter
Osbourne, Maine Jellett, and Colin Middleton. This year, for the first time, the RDS launches the RDS Art Student Award Exhibition in the North of
Ireland at the University of Ulster. The prestigious exhibition features win
ning pieces from this year's Awards.
RDS Art Student Award Exhibition.- 7-29 November
DUBLIN IN THE CHANGING TIMES Dublin?A Changing City is the first solo show by Tony Gunning. The exhibition at the Davis Gallery on Dublin's Capel Street is a
visual commentary on the changing face of the nation's capital. Influenced by artists like Robert Ballagh, Edward Hopper and
Colin Middleton, Gunning's paintings fall somewhere between
realism and surrealism. This artist was a civil servant with the
Revenue Commissioners for 27 years until October 2000 when
he retired to begin a new career as a full-time artist. In his mid
forties, his paintings were first seen publicly when he was a final
ist on RT?'s Open House art competition in April of this year. Dublin?A Changing City: 4-16 November
Nicholas Hely
Hutchinson at the
Frederick Gallery
Yvonne Lee, RDS Art
Student Award
Exhibition
GL?R IN ENNIS The idea to do a show at Gl?r in Ennis, Co. Clare, came about as a result of discussions Mick
O'Dea had with the Gl?r director, Katie Verling, in the winter of 2001. He promised to invite four
artists whose work he admired to show with him in Ennis. As it transpires, four of the artists in
this show have studios at Henrietta Street, Dublin. Numbers 5, 6 and 7 are owned by Uinseann
MacEoin who, for many years, has made the substantial studios in his houses available to artists
at low rents. Uinseann is known to many as a conservationist, historian, republican, writer and
town planner. The four participating artists are Charles Cullen, Michael Cullen (no relation), Gwen O'Dowd and Michael Lyons. Mick O'Dea, like Michael Lyons, comes from Ennis, County Clare.
He has been teaching in various institutions, particularly NCAD, since 1981. More recently, he has been painting full-time, spend
ing most of the year in Ireland and some months abroad. He is
a member of the RHA and Aosd?na.
Locco?Painting and Print Exhibition: 1-23 November
Mick O'Dea at Gl?r in Ennis
A REVEALING EXHIBITION Belfast-born artist Sinead
Aldridge currently lives in Sligo and is showing a solo exhibition
of paintings at The Model Arts
and Niland Gallery in Sligo. Her
interest lies in exploring all the
various possibilities that her
chosen medium?oil paint? allows. The forms/colours in her
paintings are landscapes, but
she does not paint definable
spaces. In her abstract can
vasses, she creates various spa
tial relationship through the
juxtaposition of shapes and the
combination of colours. She
uses both muted and flat
colours, into which a violent or
iridescent hue may be inter
jected. Large indefinable forms
create a foreground behind
which lies a deeper space.
Layers of sketchy paint obscure
once dominant figures. In her
work, there is always a tension
between what is revealed and
what is hidden. The paintings that form her forthcoming show
are recent works and have not
been exhibited previously. A
touring exhibition of extraordi
nary objects that can be played
musically is also rostered for the
same venue. Also look out for a
special exhibition featuring por traits in the Niland collection
and others drawn from collec
tions around the country. This
will complement the exhibition
of contemporary portraiture held
at the beginning of this year. Sinead Aldridge: 1-30 November
Soundshapes: 1-30 November
Portraits: 21 November-24 February
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.I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ de VER? IRISH ART SALE
There are 300 lots included
in the de Ver? Irish Art Sale
on 26 November and this
will require both a morning
(for the prints and cheaper
lots) and an evening session
to dispose of the entire
catalogue. There's a good
sized (14" x 21") Jack B.
Yeats entitled Closing Time,
St Stephen's Green with
an estimate of
100,000- 150,000 and a
fine still life by William Scott
painted in 1950, estimated
at 40,000- 60,000. There
are three William Leech's
and four Paddy Collins' in
the sale but, with his retro
spective coming up in the
National Gallery in the New
Year, Paul Henry will be
attracting particular interest.
There are two Henry's in this
sale with his Achill Sound
estimated to fetch
50,000- 70,000. The
highest price paid to date
for a Paul Henry was for
his Bog Workers,a large
canvas that fetched
Stg?210,000 last year.
BERMUDA TRIANGLE IN CORK Shinji Yamamoto is a Japanese artist based in Italy. Informed
by his residency at the Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh in 1999, where
he responded to surrounding landscapes, his installation Blue
Gold (the economic term for water) at the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery in Cork ranges from video to installation and paint
ing. The Bermuda Triangle by sculptor Janet Mullarney at the
same venue is also worth checking out. Based in Italy, recent
residencies in both Mexico and Ireland have informed the nature of her work and its relation to
space. An exploratory variety of media is used to construct her works of haunting psychological
implication. The classically titled Hortus Conclusus (Enclosed Garden) is likewise intriguing?an
installation through which the artist explores ideologies of the garden and links between architec
tural space and physical experience. Blue Gold/The Bermuda Triangle/Hortus Conclusus 1-30 November
THE CHALLENGE OF LANDSCAPE ?i Cross over to the Rubicon Gallery for an insight into the latest
artistic explorations of Dublin-born Eithne Jordan. Based pri
^^^^^^_ marily in Ireland throughout her career, Eithne has travelled
HH^H extensively. The intense inner drama expressed in her earlier
HP?1^^H figurative paintings has been replaced by an examination of
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the South-West region of France, she has engaged increas
ingly with the place itself as the subject for her work. Eithne has used the Languedoc landscape as a means to focus on the tradition of landscape painting, taking on the formal challenges that
this presents. In her recent shift to industrial and urban environments, the academic pursuit of
painting is an even more central concern. Eithne Jordan: 22 November - 22 December
PINK PANTHERS AT DRA?0CHT Look out for Heile Welt, a first solo exhibition by young German artist Simone Schneider at the
Draiocht. Heile Welt is a particular German expression that roughly translated means an intact or
perfect world. In this exhibition, Schneider explores the natural human longing for such a world and
the inevitable impossibility to find or believe in such a place. Toy pink panthers, rabbits, deers and
houses in the landscape (repeated at manic level) seem to teeter on the edge of innocence rather
than symbolise it as they should. Exhibited on sheets of candy pink paper, the work explores the
surface of harmonious domestic living. Simone completed her MA in the National College of Art and
Design last year. This exhibition continues a key objective of Draiocht's visual arts policy to present
and promote new work by young artists. Heile Welt?Simone Schneider: until November 16.
IT COULD BE YOU All young artists take note: the closing date for entries to the Golden Fleece Awards (Helen Lillias
Mitchell Artistic Fund) is 29 November 2002. An inspirational weaver, painter, and
teacher at the NCAD, Helen Lillias Mitchell died in January 2000. The Fund ri???Sb
was created as a bequest by Lillias to create an annual award to help Irish ^^^PwBi
artists to develop their vision. The 2002 inaugural winner of the ^????^^^^Sa 15,000 Award was Helen McAllister, who drew much of her -^M???S^^^^^^??
Venetian 16th century textiles and shoes and used the award ^BK??^^^^^^^^^M^m
Shinji Yamamoto is at
the Sirius Arts
Centre
Eithne Jordan in the
Rubicon Gallery
(Left) Helen
McAllister, Golden
Fleece Awards
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By The Sea PoRTMARNOCK?a Walter Osborne work unseen
publicly since 1914 when last auctioned?is poised to set the
chequebooks flapping at the James Adam Important Sale of Irish
Art on St Stephen's Green, Dublin, in December. This notable
painting measures 23" x 28" and depicts two children resting in
grass near the coast. Jeanne Sheehy dates the painting to 1898
in her 1974 publication on the celebrated painter. To whom it
may concern, the estimate is 300,000- 400,000. The
Osborne, however, is just one of a number of outstanding offer
ings at this forthcoming auction. Saddling a Winner on Calary
Bog by Jack B. Yeats looks another sure fire winner. Painted in
1946, this depicts a group of racing characters around a beauti
fully drawn chestnut horse. The estimate for this 14" x 21" oil is
450,000- 600,000. Also on offer is a collection of early oils
by Patrick Collins, a still life by Beatrice Glenavy and an
oil by William John Leech?the latter depicts boats under a
bridge and displays the artist's abiding interest in patterns and
colour. This very painterly work is estimated at 80,000
120,000. Highlights of the sale?being held in association with Bonhams?will be on view in
Bonhams, New Bond St rooms from 17 November for five days before returning for viewing at
Adams from 1 December. Important Irish Art at James Adam: 4 December
PEASANT PAINTER REVIVAL Don't miss Jules Breton?Painter of Peasant Life in the new Millennium Wing of the National
Gallery of Ireland. The artist (1827-1906) created beautiful scenes of rural French life and was a
highly popular figure among the salon artists of his era. However, his work became eclipsed by the avant garde movements of the 20th century and he was eventually forgotten. This major show
puts him deservedly back in the forefront of the art scene. Frozen in Time?the Tradition of Still
Life will include flowerpieces by Jean-Baptise Monnoyer and Maurice Vlaminck. On view, too, will
be food and table objects depicted by Jan de Heem, Pieter Claesz and Pablo Picasso plus room
interiors by Jan Vierpyl and Johannes Voorhout. Also, to celebrate the publication of Ireland's
Painters, the Gallery will present a selection of Irish paintings by well-known and lesser-known
artists?all drawn from private collections. Paintings by William Gandy (First Earl of Rosse), Robert
Hunter (Samuel Madden), Thomas Roberts (A Frost Piece), John Lavery (A Bridge at Grez) and
Roderic O'Conor (Le Cap Canille, Cassis) will be shown.
Jules Breton: until December 2002. Frozen In Time: November 2002- March 2003
Ireland's Painters: until 16 February 2003
Jules Breton at the
National Gallery of
IRELAND
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Middle East. Their print exhibition reflects their travel experiences. Also look out for Lost Horizons, a gallery installation by Emma Johnston.
Pelt by Gail Ritchie 14 November - 6 December. Unveiled Group Show 12 December - 6 January. Lost Horizons by Emma Johnston 8-31 January
FEMALE FOLDS IN CONTEXT The winter programme at the Context Gallery in Derry is nothing if not varied. Folds is a public art
projects presenting specially commissioned site-specific works by three emerging Irish women
artists?Ruth Jones, Emma Donaldson and Aileen Kelly?in public settings throughout the centre
of Derry. Also on the agenda is Mhairi Sutherland in collaboration with Foyle Search and Rescue;
Young Graduates 2?Ursula Burke,
Hcurated by artist and tutor Ruth Jones; and
Welsh artist/Welsh gallery selected by
Gregory McCarney, previous Context
Gallery director.
Folds: until December. Mhairi Sutherland:
November. Young Graduates: 2 December.
Welsh artistA/Velsh gallery: January
ELEGANCE AT THE RHA Barbara Warren, now in her late seventies,
has been a regular exhibitor in Dublin. She
creates simplified representational paintings held in a mute tonal range. These paintings are both beautiful and sinister in their ele
gant compositions and their suggested psy
chological depth. This show at the Royal Hibernian Academy will be the first
museum exhibition to document her work.
6 Dec - 31 Jan
Barbara Warren in
the Royal Hibernian
Academy
38 I IRISH ARTS REVIEW WINTER 2002
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ON THE RECORD The FSA show at the Gallery of Photography is a poignant record of the effect of economic hard
ship on rural America. The Depression of 1935-1942 was the greatest economic crisis to hit the
USA, and the Farm Security Administration was established by the government to record the
impact on the rural population. The result was an unprecedented documentary photographic proj
ect, with 272,000 images taken over a seven-year period by photographers such as Walker Evans, R?ssel Lee and Dorothea Lange. FSA: until 31 January
Illustration Ireland in the Chester
Beatty
BACK TO THE FUTURE AT CHESTER BEATTY Illustration Ireland: The Art of Contemporary Illumination looks well worth a visit at the Chester
Beatty Library (European Museum of the Year
2002). This exhibition places the work of contem
porary Irish illustrators in context with society today.
Examples of work on display will include illustration
from publishing, editorial, advertising and children's
books. The exhibition will also include displays of
artist's sketchbooks and materials. It will also fea
ture artwork produced using traditional methods as
well as newer digital techniques. Illustration Ireland: until 5 January
PARADISE FOUND AT DOUGLAS HYDE The 10th exhibition in the Paradise project will be
by the Dublin-born artist Kathy Prendergast. She
will show a new work, entitled Between Love and
Paradise, which is a computer-generated image of
a map. Also running at the Douglas Hyde in January is a series of Contemporary Art Lectures, including
Orla Ryan on Fragmentation and the Moving Image in Contemporary Art and Blaise Drummond
on Landscape in Contemporary Irish Painting.
Fragmentation and the Moving image in Contemporary Art: 16 January Unnatural Nature?Landscape in Contemporary Irish Painting: 30 January Paradise (10): until 1 February 2003
DONOVAN TAKES ON DUBLIN The New Year sees an expansion of Jim
Donovan's art empire, as he opens a new Private
Collector Gallery on South Frederick Street in
Dublin. His charming gallery in Innishannon, Co.
Cork, has long been a vibrant presence on the
Irish art scene, so this new Dublin premises is
sure to attract great interest. New paintings,
sculpture, and Aubusson tapestries from Graham
Kn?ttel launch his 2003 exhibition schedule in
Dublin, while Kiernan McGonnell opens at the
Innishannon gallery. Graham Kn?ttel: Dublin, 10-31 January Kiernan McGonnell: Dublin, 10-31 January
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Kathy Prendergast at the Dougas Hyde
40 I IRISH ARTS REVIEW WINTER 2002
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