Contrapposto

The website of Irish art critic Cristín Leach Hughes

Anita Groener – State

Dutch-born, Dublin-based artist Anita Groener has flooded the lobby of the Royal Hibernian Academy with pink light by placing rose tinted film over the windows.

Eithne Jordan – Street

Muted streetscapes in brick reds and dirty concrete greys, walls, windows and the collage effect of posters on street hoardings…

200 words: on Futures 11

The Royal Hibernian Academy has made some good choices with its lively pick of four new Futures artists.

200 words: on Charles Tyrrell, New Large-scale Works

These recent paintings by Charles Tyrrell are among his best.

Where’s the skill in that?

“Every year people say to me there’s hardly any painting,” says Robert Armstrong, Head of Painting at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD)…

200 words: on Eilís O’Connell

Those fortunate enough to encounter Eilís O’Connell’s sculpture outdoors know that her artworks call out to be touched.

200 words: on Oliver Comerford

There is something visceral about Oliver Comerford’s painting.