VAN May/June 2015
Cover Image. Méadhbh O’Connor, Unknown Shores, 2014, O’Brien Centre for Science UCD 5. Roundup. Recent exhibitions and projects of note.5. Column. Morgan Quaintance. The More Real You Become?6....
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Cliona Harmey, Dublin Ships, installed February 2015, North Wall Quay, Dublin, photo by Ros Kavanagh 1. Cover Image. Cliona Harmey, Dublin Ships, installed February 2015 North Wall Quay Dublin....
View ArticleVAN Critique July/August 2015: Kathy Prendergast at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Kathy Prendergast, Eclipse, 2014 – 2015, Photography by Jed Niezgoda Kathy Prendergast ‘OR’ Crawford Art Gallery, Cork 10 April – 13 June 2015 The elegant first floor landing and Gibson galleries at...
View ArticleVAN Critique July/August 2015: Adrian Ghenie, Pieter Hugo and Olaf Brzeski at...
Work by Olaf Brezski on show at ‘ I will go there take me home’ Adrian Ghenie, Pieter Hugo, Olaf Brzeski‘I will go there, take me home’Curated by Gregory McCartney8 May – 26 July 2015The MAC, Belfast...
View ArticleVAN Critique July/August 2015: Gabhann Dunne at The LAB Gallery, Dublin 1
Gabhann DunneMagenta Honey The LAB Gallery, Dublin 1 1 May – 13 June 2015Gabhann Dunne has been painting since the 1990s and is an artist for whom the alchemy involved in manifesting an entity from...
View ArticleVAN Critique September/October 2015: Anna MacLeod at The Dock,...
Anna MacLeod, Water Conversations, Alberta, 2015, Documentation of performative walk at Lake Miniwanka, image by Alex Bishop-Thorpe Anna MacLeodWater Conversations, A Survey of Works, 2007 – 2015 The...
View ArticleVAN Critique September/October 2015: Jan McCullough at Belfast Exposed
Jan McCullough, ‘Home Instruction Manual’ installation view, Belfast Exposed Futures, 3 July – 22 Aug 2015 Jan McCulloughHome Instruction Manual Belfast Exposed 3 July – 22 August 2015 Jan...
View ArticleVAN Critique September/October 2015: El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State...
El Lissitzky, Klinom krasnym bej belych, Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge. (1919 – 1920), reprint 1966, offset on paper 48.8 x 69.2cm, Collection Van Abbemuseum, photo by Peter Cox, Eindhoven, The...
View ArticleVAN Critique September/October 2015: Laura Gannon Silver House Uillinn, West...
Laura Gannon, ‘Silver House’, nine-panel screen, oil on linen with cut-outs, aluminium and oak frame, 214 x 1017cm, photo by Johnny Savage Laura Gannon Silver House Uillinn, West Cork Arts Centre 18...
View ArticleVAN Critique September/October 2015: Ruth E. Lyons at the Mermaid Arts...
Ruth E Lyons, ‘The Sea, The Sea’ 2015 exhibition view, image courtesy of Paul Tierney Ruth E. Lyons The Sea, The Sea 31 July – 5 September Mermaid Arts Centre, Main Street, Bray, Co Wicklow I first...
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5. Column. Kim Macaleese. Forward.6. Column. Fifi Smith. The MExIndex.8. VAI News. VAI projects, campaigns and events.8. News. The latest developments in the visual arts sector.10. Regional Focus....
View ArticleVAN November/December 2015
Cover, Jason Oakley Tribute 5. Column. Sarah Pierce. Divisions of Pleasure.6. Column. Jonathan Carroll. Charlotte Rampling’s Toes.8. VAI News. VAI projects, campaigns and events.8. News. The latest...
View ArticleVAN Critique November/February 2015: ‘Softening the Stone’, Chris Campbell-...
Installation view of ‘Softening the Stone,’ image courtesy of Platform Arts Chris Campbell-Palmer ‘Softening the Stone’ Platform Arts, Belfast 4 September – 24 October ‘SOFTENING the Stone’, a solo...
View ArticleVAN Critique November/February 2015: ‘Into The Woods’, Gary Coyle at the RHA,...
Gary Coyle, After Watteau, photo by Paul McCarthy Gary Coyle ‘Into The Woods’ RHA, Dublin 4 September – 18 October 2015 THE overwhelming feeling upon entering into the RHA’s Ashford Gallery, given...
View ArticleVAN Critique November/December 2015: ‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place’ Mel...
Mel French, Fledgling, 2015, wax, tree, steel Mel French ‘Between a Rock and a Hard Place’ Luan Gallery, Athlone 5 September – 30 October MEL French is well known as the recipient of public...
View ArticleVAN Jan/Feb 2016
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. The first VAN of 2016 begins with columns from Irene Murphy, who discusses moving to a home...
View ArticleVAN March – April 2016
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. For this and the May – June issue we have invited art critic James Merrigan as guest editor....
View ArticleVAN May – June 2016
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. For this issue, art critic James Merrigan continues as guest editor. In his column ‘Where’s Our...
View ArticleVAN July/Aug 2016
The July/August Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN) is available and has been sent to all members. Selected articles on art criticism, artist-led spaces, funding in Northern Ireland and online works are...
View ArticleVAN September – October 2016
The Visual Artists’ News Sheet (VAN ) is the primary all-Ireland information resource for visual artists. Artist and curator Linda Shevlin continues as guest editor in this issue, which takes...
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