●●●●● Born at 23 Merrion Square and educated in Dublin, Freiburg and Paris, Mary Swanzy (1882-1978) was the first Irish artist to adopt and adapt the Cubist technique. Working at almost exactly the same time as Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), whom … Continue reading Mary Swanzy: A Voyage No Longer Overlooked IMMA’s retrospective of the Irish Cubist is a revelation
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.”
From an Irish perspective, William Crozier is mainly recognized for the vibrant landscapes he painted at his home in West Cork toward the end of his life. Bright pallets and large canvases are familiar to the public, as well as … Continue reading “An incredibly moving experience”: William Crozier’s The Edge of the Landscape @ IMMA Kylie McBride identifies Crozier as an important figure in both Irish art and contemporary art on a larger scale.
Winged figures, blood-drenched landscapes, crucifixions; IMMA’s retrospective of the work of William Crozier (1930-2011) is that of the apocalypse, stripped of its religiosity and set in rural Ireland. Crozier is best known for his lyrical landscapes of his home in … Continue reading William Crozier’s Edge of the Landscape @ IMMA // Review by Stacey Wrenn Crozier’s exhibition at IMMA offers something new in contemporary art.
●●●●○ From an Irish perspective, William Crozier is mainly recognized for the vibrant landscapes he painted at his home in West Cork toward the end of his life. Bright pallets and large canvases are familiar to the public, as well … Continue reading William Crozier’s “The Edge of a Landscape” at IMMA The exhibition creates an incredibly moving experience by displaying Crozier’s work in reverse chronological order by decade, starting immediately with his well-known style and familiar settings featured in the last decade of his life.
Renowned cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky is currently part of IMMA’s As Above So Below exhibition. After hearing the title, Jodorowsky agreed to allow some of his work to be featured, including a screening of 1973’s The Holy Mountain at … Continue reading Alejandro Jodorowsky at IMMA: Kaleidoscopic Artist
●●●●○ On the 21st of October IMMA opened its doors to the Freud Project, a five-year initiative. The collection showcases fifty Freud works, including paintings, etchings and one early drawing. This is the first time that IMMA has entrusted a … Continue reading Freud Project – review
●●●●● From the dawn of Modernism into the beginnings of conceptual art, and onto the contemporary era of the new millennium, art has made the concept of “love”, and what it means to give and receive that love, an object … Continue reading What We Call Love – Review
Robert Ballagh is one of Ireland’s eminent modern artists. Inherently political himself, his life and work are imbued with an energising radicalism. tn2 visited his studio to talk about the false starts of his formative years, art and politics and his suspicion of conceptual art.
Continue reading Mise Éire: Interview with Robert Ballagh Robert Ballagh is one of Ireland’s eminent modern artists. Inherently political himself, his life and work are imbued with an energising radicalism. tn2 visited his studio to talk about the false starts of his formative years, government support of the arts, and his suspicion of conceptual art.
February 12 ROADKILL Launch Coinciding with IMMA’s ongoing exhibition Primal Architecture, ROADKILL will see an evening of live performance, installation, video and music take over the gallery as an extension of the show. It will also mark the launch of … Continue reading What’s On: February 12- March 11
