The deployment of The Haunting Soldier to St. Stephen’s Green in November provoked both admiration and dissent amongst an Irish audience. Created by Dorset-based artist and blacksmith Martin Galbavy, the Soldier dominated the entrance to the Green during his brief … Continue reading Complex Memories: The Case of the Haunting Soldier
If colour is the hallmark of Expressionism, then the work of Emil Nolde encapsulates this beautifully. Colour is the single unifying characteristic of the works shown in the National Gallery, in an exhibition that invites you to contemplate the wide … Continue reading Emil Node: Colour is Life // Review “If colour is the hallmark of Expressionism, then the work of Emil Nolde encapsulates this beautifully. “
The first thing that strikes you about Brian Maguire’s paintings is how familiar they seem. Anyone who has merely glanced at the news in recent years would easily recognise Aleppo. This alone is a sobering fact. The paintings in the … Continue reading War Changes Its Addresses: The Aleppo Paintings @ IMMA Jess Cloake attends Brian Maguire’s exhibition at IMMA, praising it for its honest and powerful representation of Aleppo in crisis.
digital_self is an attempt to understand the many ways we choose to represent ourselves in digital media. The exhibition primarily concerns itself with issues of originality, identity and self-indulgence that all too often occur online and seemingly dominate social media. … Continue reading digital_self @ IMMA // Review Jess Cloake reviews an exhibition that “attempts to understand the ways we choose to represent ourselves in digital media.”