Image provided courtesy of the artist and A4 Sounds. Walk backwards out of the dream Where a clutch of bare twigs shattered the face of the moon (Your instinct insists it can’t happen) Peer down through dayless dim At the … Continue reading Story/Telling Emma Fitzgerald Reviews AN TIONSCADAL DROMCHLA EXHIBITION 00 by Lydia MacBride
Image provided courtesy of the artist and Kerlin Gallery. Established in 1988, the Kerlin Gallery is a hidden gem in Dublin’s art scene. On the second floor of their Anne’s Lane building, I recently encountered a haunting and emotive collection … Continue reading IS AND IS NOT by Willie Doherty Isabelle Doyle and Kate Moloney Review ‘IS AND IS NOT’ by Willie Doherty.
Each time I see an Abstract Expressionist painting sell at auction for millions, sometimes hundreds of millions, my heart sinks. Not solely because we live in a world where the ultra-wealthy can barter works by dead artists, which often sold … Continue reading It is Time for a Conceptual Art Renaissance
Originally Published in Print, April 2022. Art by Emily Stevenson “I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs” – Francis Bacon The stereotype of the tortured artist is … Continue reading The Tortured Artist Trope
Originally Published in Print, April 2022. The English art critic Walter Pater once said, “all art constantly aspires to the condition of music”. Pater believed that music, unlike all other art forms, is superior in that there is no … Continue reading Sound and Vision: The Relationship Between Music and Visual Art
Published in Print December 2021 Art by Eve Smith ‘A tear, like a blob of mercury, can’t be pinned down. So why should I try to understand people who cry in front of paintings? […] For a simple reason: tears … Continue reading Why Does Art Make Us Cry? Inspired by James Elkins’ Pictures & Tears, we ask Trinity students what art has made them cry, and why.
Published in print December 2021 Art by Meghan Flood. ‘All art is propaganda’ — in many cases, these words by George Orwell are intuitively true. While the colourful, striking propaganda poster of the twentieth century is largely a dead medium, much … Continue reading Art as Propaganda
Originally published in print, September 2021. Adrian Tomine is an American cartoonist and frequent illustrator of The New Yorker. Tomine’s clean lines, striking colours and comic book style have resulted in him producing countless memorable and recognisable magazine covers … Continue reading The New Yorker – Adrian Tomine
Originally published in print, September 2021. Artificial intelligence has firmly asserted itself as one of the most influential technological developments in recent decades- an influence that is beginning to make waves in the art industry, and may soon change … Continue reading The Budding Relationship Between AI and Art
Originally published in print in September 2021. After a lengthy string of lockdowns, Dublin is beginning to open up – and so is its vibrant art scene! If you, like us here at TN2, enjoy spending hours on end … Continue reading The Ultimate Dublin Gallery Crawl
Originally published in print March 2021. We decided to conduct a survey in order to acquire a better understanding of the individuals that make up Trinity’s creative community, as well as their artistic tastes. Below is a compilation of the … Continue reading A Foray into Trinity’s (Dormant) Creative Community
Originally published in print March 2021. Grace: So, Catherine, you started a small business during Covid-19 as a creative outlet, called Wonky Trinkets. What is Wonky Trinkets? Catherine: Ok, I think it’s very nice that you go as far … Continue reading Creativity, Clay and Catherine Forristal