Rebecca Deegan wanted us to look at homelessness differently, so she painted this, about “the vulnerability and isolation felt by those who have nothing”. It’s the latest in our series on works by Dublin artists.
Handmade crafts beat IKEA-bought items, says artist Finlay Byrne. Drawing inspiration from Claes Oldenburg’s “Soft Pay-Telephone”, she made this work to prompt us to think about the differences.
In an age when many artists focus on performance and installation, Alison Tubritt has chosen a more traditional approach: drawing horses, on paper, with pencils.
Artist Sandra Schoene wants us to reawaken the sense of wonder we had as children. She made a giant hare to help us. And to help the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation’s citywide Hares on the March event.
Roundabout is part of a series of abstract paintings inspired by maps of Dublin and the surrounding area from the 1700s and 1800s. This is just a detail – click through to see the full work.
In a series of screenprints resembling newspaper front pages, produced during the election, Emily Mc Gardle sought to highlight “the absurdity of the behaviour of some Irish politicians”.
In his large work, Icon Study, artist Neil Dunne explores and challenges the ideas behind icon painting. This is the latest in our series on works by contemporary Dublin artists.
The latest in our series on works by contemporary Dublin artists features a sculpture informed by the artist’s work as an occupational therapist. It’s on display at the Science Gallery.
Artist Orla O’Regan captures the delicate fontanelle of a baby’s skill in this porcelain sculpture. This is the latest in our “Curios About” series, which features works by contemporary artists in Dublin.
These are stills from “Land’s End”, an ongoing, cumulative work of photos and video shot at the edge of Ireland, which Kenrick hopes you will experience as a kind of “interior travelogue”.
