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Patrick Jolley at LCGA

In the dark, flickering light of Patrick Jolley’s films, something gripping occurs.

Paul McKinley – Operation Turquoise

There is a hyper-real, almost psychedelic intensity to the paintings in Paul McKinley’s new show.

Audio archive: Mark Francis, Kerlin Gallery 2000

In December 2000, I spoke to the Northern Ireland-born, UK-based artist Mark Francis about his working methods, digital art, the internet…

Tadhg McSweeney – Edifice Complex

A makeshift arrow sends visitors left, trapping them briefly…

Robert Ballagh – Ego, Wexford Arts Centre, 2010

If Ballagh’s latest show had a theme tune, it would be a gangsta-rap track.

Robert Ballagh – Artist and Designer, A Retrospective 2006

Up until four years ago, Robert Ballagh held a rather unique position.

Andrew Vickery – Arcades Ambo

Vickery paints in a deliberately pared down, almost childlike manner, photographing his compositions and projecting them onto the backdrop of a miniature theatre.

Drawing & Photographs from the Permanent Collection, LCGA

Limerick City Gallery of Art is home to the National Contemporary Drawing Collection. With regular new additions, it offers a pleasingly persistent insight into the practice of putting a line on paper.

Audio: Interview with Clare Langan, 2001

listen to ‘Interview with Clare Langan, 2001’ on Audioboo (function() { var po = document.createElement(“script”); po.type = “text/javascript”; po.async = true; po.src = “//d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); Cristín Leach interviews artist Clare Langan about her film Too Dark For Night, the second in a planned trilogy, in The Green on Red [...]

Into the Light, Crawford Art Gallery

2006 was a good year for Irish art to judge by the Cork quarter of the Arts Council’s four-venue collection show.

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