In columns for VAN March/April issue, Iarlaith Ni Fheorais’s outlines a forthcoming access toolkit for curators and producers, while Cornelius Browne considers some of the pragmatic and conceptual connections between underground filmmaking and plein air painting. For our latest new column series, Memento Mori, Day Magee reflects on the significance of losing their father and the profound art of human grief, while Neva Elliot discusses her new body of work, ‘How to Create a Fallstreak’, which is dedicated to her late husband.
The March/April issue also features Career Development interviews with George Bolster and Alice Rekab about their solo exhibitions in West Cork and Munich respectively. Exhibition reviews in this issue include: Seán Fingleton at Copperhouse; John Beattie, ‘Reconstructing Mondrian’ at the Hugh Lane Gallery; ‘Image as Protest’ at Cristea Roberts Gallery in London; and Siobhan McGibbon, ‘Xenophon: Making Oddkin with Japanese Knotweed’ at Galway Arts Centre. Also profiled are Greywood Arts, The Museum of Everyone, Léann Herlihy’s recent performance at Project Arts Centre, and Doireann O’Malley’s new 3D theatre play, Conversations on a Crosstown Algorithm (2022).
On The Cover
George Bolster, ‘Communication: We Are Not The Only Ones Talking…’, installation view; photograph by Tomasz Madajczak, courtesy the artist and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre.
Columns
- Guerrilla Painting. Cornelius Browne considers some of the pragmatic and conceptual connections between underground filmmaking and plein air painting.
Turning Towards a Rupture. Fiona Hallinan discusses the demolition of ireland’s second largest catholic church.
- Intrinsic Models of Accessibility. Iarlaith Ni Fheorais outlines a forthcoming access toolkit for curators and producers.
The Fabric of Nostalgia. Belfast-based artist, Anushiya Sundaralingam, reflects on her multidisciplinary practice.
- Unruly Forms of Care. Cecilia Graham and Grace Jackson discuss their curatorial residency at PS² in Belfast.
To Huddle. Saidhbhín Gibson outlines an informal art discussion group she has been convening since 2017.
- How to Create a Fallstreak. Neva Elliott discusses her recent solo exhibition at Linenhall Arts Centre.
An Art to Grief. Day Magee reflects on the significance of losing their father and the profound art of human grief.
Organisation Profile
- Greywood Arts. Jessica Bonenfant outlines the evolution of a multi-disciplinary artist’s residency and community hub in East Cork.
Career Development
- Older Than Our Gods. Brian Curtin interviews artist George Bolster about the evolution of his practice.
- Home, Architecture, Territory. Miguel Amado interviews Alice Rekab about the artist’s solo exhibition at Museum Villa Stuck in Munich.
Critique
- Fiona Kelly, No Such Thing as Away #3, 2023.
- John Beattie, ‘Reconstructing Mondrian’, Hugh Lane Gallery
- Anthony Luvera, ‘She Her, Hers, Herself’, Belfast Exposed
- Fiona Kelly, ‘A Demarcation of Time’, RHA Ashford Gallery
- Raymond Watson, ‘Apis Mellifera: The Honey Bee’, ArtisAnn Gallery
International
- Leaking Lands. Miguel Amado and Georgia Perkins outline a solo show by Ofri Cnaani presented at Rampa in coproduction with SIRIUS.
- Image as Protest. Varvara Keidan Shavrova reviews an exhibition by Joy Gerrard and Paula Rego, currently showing at Cristea Roberts Gallery in London.
Exhibition Profile
- Xenophon: Making Oddkin. Michaële Cutaya reviews Siobhan McGibbon’s recent solo exhibition at Galway Arts Centre.
Project Profile
- Centre Becomes Margin. Léann Herlihy reflects on their recent performance at Project Arts Centre.
- Inclusive Platform. Curator Brendan Fox outlines recent and forthcoming projects from the Museum of Everyone
- Systemic Crisis. Maximilian Le Cain reviews Doireann O’Malley’s new 3D theatre play, Conversations on a Crosstown Algorithm.
VAI Member Profile
- Shetland: An Archaeology of the Unknown. Jackie Flanagan outlines a recent body of tar paintings made in Shetland.
- Vision Over Visions. Pat Boran reflects on a recent exhibition by VAI and Aosdána member, Seán Fingleton.
36. Rural Mythologies. Shane Finan discusses some of his recent site-responsive projects.