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The Visual Artists’ News Sheet ARTISTS Books
VAI west of IRELAND REPRESENTATIVE
The Rest of Ireland Rep Aideen Barry's WEST OF IRELAND REPORT
Helena O’Connor, Maire Clinch, Michelle Hall,
Artists: Dara McGrath, Conor McFeely, John Reid,
Michelle Connolly, Darragh O’Callaghan, Fiona
Marianne O’Kane Boal, Rachel Andrews. Title:
Fullam, Linda Rafferty, Karen Azoulay, Alan Butler,
Deconstructing the maze. Published: Oct 2008.
Hazel Lim, Cathy Henderson, Seamus Nolan, Niall de Buitlear, Rob Costello, Benjamin Gaulon, K Bear
120 pages, full colour .23x28cm. Soft cover. silk
Koss, Tim Lloyd, Jack Phelan, Sharon Phelan, Tim
paper. Edition: 750. Available: daramcgrath@
Redfern, Paul Murnaghan. Vox Pop contributors:
As another year draws to a close, I have decided to
hotmail.com
mariannejok@gmail.com.
Rene Zechlin, Mary McCarthy, Oliver Dowling,
Contributors: Dara McGrath, Conor McFeely, John
Jeanette Doyle, Peter Fitzgerald, Patrick T Murphy,
Reid, Marianne O’Kane Boal, Rachel Andrews.
Aisling Prior, Jesse Jones, Mark Garry, Cliona
I am currently conducting VAI info clinics in the West, but I have also started to move a little outside my borders, albeit tentatively. The general remit of my role encompasses the counties of Mayo, Sligo, Galway, Leitrim and Roscommon. However,
One of Ireland’s greatest art lecturers passed away last week – and his loss is felt by all in Galway and beyond. Lochlann Hoare, formerly of Ballymurry, Roscommon taught at the Galway / Mayo Institute of Technology until his retirement in 2006. For over 30 years, Lochlann was an inspirational teacher. He made a major contribution to the development of the Art and Design Dept at the Galway/ Mayo Institute of Technology; and was one of the main contributors to the development of the visual arts in Galway and the West. He was a visiting lecturer at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and a frequent visiting lecturer on the art teachers’ diploma course at Limerick School of Art and Design. He developed a special relationship with the University of Ulster, where his Foundation Course in Galway was seen as a model. Lochlann took a genuine interest in each individual student, of which many of us were privileged to dominate his time in tutorials. Geraldine Quinn (fellow Lecturer) wrote on his retirement from the Art and Design Department in 2006: “He taught with passion and conviction and led stimulating seminars. Students greatly valued his tutorials; these were energising, challenging and motivating. He was respected by students through the decades, and his insights were always relevant. He encouraged debate and questioning. Seeing their developing confidence heartened him. He frequently enlivened discussions by recalling his own days at art college in London in the heady Sixties, and relayed many anecdotes.” Lochlann was also a practising artist and exhibited throughout the west of Ireland including the Galway Arts Festival (1981 and 1983); UCG Gallery (1984), Spanish Arch Gallery (1988) and EV+A Limerick (1989). This inspirational man will
Deconstructing the maze
Publisher: Dara McGrath and John Reid. Format:
Ireland rep for the VAI.
A Great Loss to Galway and Beyond
Artists Books
Expanding Remit ... try to expand the remit of my role as the West of
Image: Lochlann Hoare with his former student international jeweller Slim Barrett, at the Cluain Mhuire Show in 2006.
January – February 2009
the role meant that covering interesting initiatives outside of these areas was not possible. So in the new year I hope to branch out a bit. I am interested to hear about organisations and artist-led practices, outside of the West (as well as in) – in order to get a bigger picture of activities; and also to look at examples of best practice. Keep your eyes peeled for clinics, which will be held in Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, and Limerick in the new year. More recently, I held an info clinic in Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery and Studios, which was well attended and raised some important concerns about the welfare of the arts in the county of Clare. I hope to focus on Clare in the next report, where I will look at the county arts plan and the ambitions for cultural activity over the next three years. I will also focus on artist-led initiatives like Deirdre O’Mahony’s XPO project, the post-grad programmes of the Burren College of Art and problems faced by artists living in the county. I hope to continue to act as an advocate for Visual Artists Ireland; and I am extremely interested to hear from organisations that have thus far not benefited from being in the represented areas of Northern Ireland and the West. I will also be continuing my duties in the West – and it is my hope that in the new year the VAI will facilitate more info clinics in the West. Professional practice workshops are in the pipeline, along with a symposium on contemporary curation practices – which will hopefully be held in Galway in February / March.
Content:
and
Marianne O’Kane: Isolate Zones:
De-construction Dara
McGrath.
and
Creation-Intro
Deconstructing
the
Harmey.
Essay maze-
MARKS
Photographic portfolio, 21 full plate images
Circa and The Stinging Fly recently launched their
John Reid. Beautiful images in an awkward space-Essay
joint publication Marks at Studio 6, Temple Bar
Conor Mc Feely; The Testing Room-film stills. 20 full
Gallery and Studios, Dublin. Marks features the
plate images. Rachel Andrews: The Topography of
outcomes of collaborations between six writers
Demolition in the Maze-Essay. Description: Emerging
who were paired with six visual artists. The brief for
from a previous project, Two Minds, Artists+
each pairing was to fill four pages with whatever
Architects Collaboration (2006-2007). Deconstructing
they wished, through a collaborative exploration of
the maze is the publication that accompanies the
the possibilities. The pairings were: Caitríona
photographic and multi-media installation that was
O’Reilly (writer), Isabel Nolan (artist); Kevin Barry
held on site in Oct 2008, located in the kitchen
(writer), Sean Lynch (artist); Nuala Ní Chonchúir
building of the former prison facility.
(writer), Cora Cummins (artist); Alan Jude Moore (writer), Bea McMahon (artist); Sinéad Morissey
The LAB: 40 exhibitions 06 – 08
(writer), Benji de Búrca (artist); Sean O’Reilly (writer),
Description: An illustrated book of exhibitions
Peter Maybury (artist) ; The launch (DATES?)
held in the Centre from May 2006 to May 2008
featured readings by Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Kevin
edited by Gemma Tipton with essays by Mick
Barry and Alan Jude Moore, and a soundwork by
Wilson and Joseph R WolinPublished: October 2008.
Peter Maybury. Available from: www.stingingfly. org / www.recirca.com
ISBN: 978-0-95542811-1-1. Content: Edited by Gemma Tipton with essays by Mick Wilson and JR Wolin. Artists: Sean Hillen, Esther Shalev Gerz,
Wicklow Photographs
Marie Falksten, Susanne Mooney, Ian John Coghlan,
Artist: Peter Evers. Title: Wicklow Photographs.
Linda O’Keefe, Barbara Vasic, Bea McMahon, Des
Dimensions:
Kenny, Michael McLoughlin, Gillian Kenny, Jeanette
No.of
Doyle, Vera Klute, Christine Mackey, Alan Phelan,
Contributors: John Moriarty (courtesy of Lilliput
Rhona Byrne, Alan Burns, Maire O’Mahony, Priscila
Press), and Selina Guinness (introduction).
Fernandes, Sarah O’Neill, Keith McCann, Aoife
Isbn: 978-0-9560637-0-0.
Pages:
250mm 192.
x
250mm.
Format:
Hardback.
Merrigan, Fiona O’Connor, Fiona Whitty, Marie
Published: 2008. Available: www.wicklowphotographs.com /
Louise Molly O’Dwyer, Niall de Buitlear, Stephen
www.peterevers.ie
Gunning, Hannah Doyle, Michael Murphy, Michelle Deignan, Doireann Wallace, Brian Fay, Mark Beatty, Frederica Bastide Duarte, Ian Charleworth, Paul
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Flannery, Roisin Lewis, John O’Connell, Cora
If you are an artist and have recently produced (in the last 12 months) a monographic publication, simply email the following details to jason@visualartists.ie – date of publication; title; dimensions; number of pages; format (eg: spiral, stitched perfect bound, hard-back / soft-back etc.); list of contributors; ISBN number (if relevant); short description (two or three lines).
Cummins, Alison Pilkington, The Fold, Mary Nunan, The Third Person, Alan Mongey, Janine Davidson, Tom Moore, Fiona McDonald, Nicholas Ward, Sarah Browne, Gayle Anderson, Kevin Gaffney, Frances Hayes, Alan Burns, CX Hayden, Felicity Clear, Katrina Maguire, Thomas Brezing, Naomi Sex, Aisling Conroy, Seamus Donovan, Tracy Hanna, Kevin Cosgrove, Sophie Linehan, Myrna Epstein,
be missed. May he rest in peace.
Visual Artists Ireland Living Artists' Archive The VAI Living Artists Archive is intended as a central point of research for curators, artists and researchers looking at current practice across visual art disciplines in Ireland. The archive is stored electronically on a computer and based at the offices of Visual Artists Ireland. Artists can choose to be part of the archive when joining Visual Artist Ireland or renewing their membership. At the time of taking up or renewing membership, artists may provide a CV and four images of current work for the Archive on a CD. These will be electronically stored and accessible in the Visual Artists Ireland office. As a first outing, the archive will be made available to researchers as part of the 'Ireland at Venice' pavilion during the Venice Biennale 2009 and other events in which Visual Artists Ireland take part. Information on how to get your incuded in the archive can be found at www.visualartists.ie/ap_artistsarchive.html