EOIN MC MORROW - AN RI [THE KING] - SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016

Visit Eoin at http://eoinmcmorrow.blogspot.ie

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IT TOLLS FOR THEE BY NIAMH AND BRIAN SYNNOTT [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2015]REF-107732

This piece is called ‘It Tolls for Thee’ and requires you to get involved, pick up a stick and have go. I liked this

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TRIAL BY FIRE BY NIAMH AND BRIAN SYNNOTT [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]-124000

Niamh & Brian Synnott
Trial by Fire
Cast Concrete & Charred Redwood

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SLEEPING ROUGH - A RESTING PLACE [ARTIST IRENE PLAZEWSKA]

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I found this to be really disturbing. Is it two people sleeping rough or two bodies in an exposed grave.

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AMARYLLIS BY MIGUEL PATRICK DOYLE [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Miguel Patrick Doyle, nephew to the late Spanish artist, Francisco Baron (himself a student and close friend of Henry Moore) was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1967 to Irish-Spanish parents. Miguel was raised in Sutton [Dublin].

More about the artist: http://www.mpdsculptor.com/index.html


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PEADAR KEARNEY MEMORIAL [68 LOWER DORSET STREET]

his is interesting especially as it is located close to the Sculpture, in memory of Brendan Behan, at the canal bridge on the same street.

Peadar Kearney 12 December 1883 – 24 November 1942) was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to "The Soldier's Song" ("Amhrán na bhFiann"), now the Irish national anthem. He was the uncle of Irish writers Brendan Behan and Dominic Behan. Kearney was born at 68 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin in 1883

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HIS AND HERS BIRD BATH BY KATE ORAM [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2015]

Kate creates finely sculpted objects in cast bronze, copper, aluminium, wood, stone and perspex. She mainly serves corporate customers and has received commissions from Diageo, Belfast Telegraph, Northern Irish Tourist Board, UTV, North West 200, Phoenix Natural Gas and Bulmers-Magners.

http://kateoram.com/?page_id=5


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CHANGE OF PACE BY DERVELLA McNEE [PART OF A TRASHING MACHINE - ACCORDING TO THE CATALOGUE]

I always thought that the word was threshing [that is how it was pronounced when I lived on a farm in Donegal back in the 50s].

According to Wikipedia: The thrashing machine, or, in modern spelling, threshing machine (or simply thresher), was first invented by Scottish mechanical engineer Andrew Meikle for use in agriculture. It was devised (c. 1786) for the separation of grain from stalks and husks.

As a matter of interest the artist was awarded the Zozimus Award [Sculpture In Context 2016]: “The Zozimus Award. For a work of distinction in any medium exhibited in the gallery, was awarded to:
Dervella McNee for Mosquito, Mosquito”

http://www.sculptureincontext.com/2016.htm


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"La Baigneuse" by Aristide Maillol

The bronze sculpture "La Baigneuse" (the bathing) in one of the water basins of the Mont des Arts in Brussels. It was sculptured by Aristide Maillol (1861 - 1944).

VISIT: https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/31260776885/in/dateposted/

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The Queen Elisabeth Statue [Artist- René Cliquet 1980]

The Queen Elisabeth Statue [Artist- René Cliquet 1980]


Location: Albertine square (Place de l’Albertine) at Kunstberg (Mont des Arts) in Brussels, Belgium.

The marble statue of Queen Elisabeth stands across the street facing an equestrian statue of her husband King Albert I of Belgium.

Elisabeth of Bavaria was Queen consort of the Belgians as the spouse of King Albert I, and a Duchess in Bavaria by birth. She was the mother of King Leopold III of Belgium and of Queen Marie José of Italy, and grandmother of kings Baudouin and Albert II of Belgium.

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Charles Buls and His Dog [Brussels, Belgium]

Charles Buls or Karel Buls (13 October 1837 – 13 July 1914) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels.

In 1999, a new fountain with a larger-than-life-sized seated statue of Buls and his dog was erected at the Place Agoraplein, close to the Grand Place.

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L’Ame Sentinelle,created between 1982 and 1984 [by Nat Neujean]

Nearly all online descriptions describe this very attractive bronze sculpture as ‘Two Female Nudes Embracing’ but it is in fact L’Ame Sentinelle’ which was created between 1982 and 1984 by Nat Neujean.

There also appears to be some confusion about the artist. Any online description that I have found claims that the artist was Nat Helligan [a number of different spellings] but the artist responsible is Nat Neujean as already mentioned.

Nathanael "Nat" Neujean is a Belgian sculptor from Antwerp. A figurative artist, he mostly worked in plaster and bronze. His works are held in various international collections. He has been honoured as a Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown.

Neujean was born in Antwerp, 5 January 1923. During the years 1939 to 1941, he was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Among his better known busts are those of Tintin (1954) for the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Hergé (1958), and Robert Schumann (1987), a bronze bust in the Parc du Cinquantenaire of Brussels. He is also noted for his life-sized nude, La Belle Toscane. Another of his sculptures, a figurative bronze titled Lot's Wife (1968), is in the US at the Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden of Dallas, Texas. His mounted bronze of Henry Moore is part of the Collection of Charles Rand Penney, while Tendresse, a bronze, is part of the collection at McNay Art Museum. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1964, and Rolly-Michaux on Madison Avenue in New York City in 1974.

Facing discrimination as a Jew during World War II, he later did much towards Jewish heritage in Belgium; in January 1963 for instance he produced a number of different models related to the Holocaust at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels. Nat Neujean is a Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown.

Visit: http://www.fonderiadeandreis.it/foto.html
Visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/30874293430/in/dateposted/

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A sculpture called "La Cycliste" by Alain Séchas [features a cat on a bicycle]

I photographed this in December 2009 and the quality of the photograph was very poor because it was so cold that my camera failed to work correctly. The auto-focus jammed and never properly recovered [It was a Sigma DP1]

It has taken me many years to identify this. Because a local told that it was the RabbitGirl I had previously described this as a ‘bunny on a bike’ or a ‘rabbit on a bicycle’. A few weeks ago I came across a photograph by the BBC with the title ‘Cat On A Bicycle’ so I now knew that it was not a bunny or a rabbit. Anyway a few days ago I came across the following description: “A statue called "La Cycliste" by Alain Séchas features a cat on a bicycle“

This elegant cat cyclist resulted from a commission from the city of Brussels to Alain Séchas in 2005. According to some reports it cost Euro 100,000 - I am not sure that I believe that but I do like it.

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LAZY PIGS by ROA [STREET ART IN BRUSSELS]

Sometime next year Lonely Planet will publish a book about street art and it will include some of my photographs.

It has taken my about two years to determine who was responsible for this example of street art in Brussels … no doubt many of you could have told me that it was an artist known as ROA.

ROA (born c. 1976) is the pseudonym of a graffiti artist from Ghent, Belgium. He has created works on the streets of cities across Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia and New Zealand.

ROA generally paints wild/urban animals and birds that are native to the area being painted. ROA usually uses a minimal color pallet, such as black, white, but also creates works using vibrant colours depicting flesh and/or internal systems within the animals and birds.

In 2011 ROA came to particular notice in the UK when Hackney council threatened to paint over one of his paintings, a 3.5m high rabbit. The rabbit had been legally painted on the wall of The Premises Studios in Hackney Road, London. A campaign was launched to keep the mural, by the building's owners and local residents, forcing the council to change its mind.

While exhibiting works at Perth's Form Gallery, ROA was commissioned by the City of Fremantle to leave his mark on Fremantle, in about 12 hours ROA created a 25-metre (82 ft) mural of a Numbat which he chose because it is a local endangered species.

In 2010, ROA participated in the Cologne CityLeaks Festival and painted a mural in Ehrenfeld at Senefelderstrasse 5

In August 2012 ROA took part in the See No Evil street art festival in Bristol, England, creating a two-storey high fox on the side of a building.

In January 2014 ROA visited Dunedin in New Zealand and painted a tuatara mural on a building on Bath Street.

-WIKIPEDIA-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROA_(artist)

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THREE BEARS WITH ATTITUDE [ARTIST - PATRICK O’REILLY]

These are a favourite of mine. I cannot find what the official title is so I have adopted my own and it is ‘Bears With attitude’.

By the way they have a brother ‘Beach Bear’ in Greystones county Wicklow. I you are aware of any other brothers or sisters please let me know an I will photograph them.

Patrick O'Reilly was born in 1957 in Kilkenny. At the age of 17 he studied at the Art College of Belfast, but left after on year. His giant bronze bears stand outside the 3Arena at the Point in Dublin and I really like them.

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DUALITY BY CHLOE LENNON [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

I do not have any contact details for this artist. Sculpture In Context 2016 at the National Botanic Gardens,Glasnevin, Dublin 9. 8th September to 21st October 2016

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IN CONVERSATION BY JACKIE BALL [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Using a 15mm lens and shooting into the sun may not be a good idea.

Jackie is a visual artist living and working in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. As a graphic designer Jackie manipulated type, letters and words into logo's and symbols using paper and ink. As an artist, she manipulates thoughts, meanings and ideas to create three dimensional objects using clay, glass, metal and found objects.

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IN STILLNESS BY DAVID McGLYNN [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

David McGlynn was born in Dublin in 1969. He graduated from the National College of Art & Design in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art Sculpture, and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. David likes to implement several textures and forms when creating his sculptures or paintings. He recently broadened his range including Garden Sculpture in his work, and is available for private commission.

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IN MEMORY OF ABSENT LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS BY VERONA STELLET [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Because of it location this was not easy to photograph so the images of the lighthouse are not as sharp as I would like.


http://veronastellet.com

Verona was born in Germany growing up in the city of Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein. She moved to Ireland to do a foundation art course at Galway RTC. Subsequently, she moved to Limerick to study fine art at the Limerick School of Art and Design and graduated with a National Diploma in Art (distinction) in 1987.

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BLOWING MY WORRIES AWAY BY BIANCA DIVITO [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016 AWARD WINNER]

Sculpture in Context 2016 award winner. Exhibition runs until October 21st 2016 at The National Botanic Gardens, Dublin.

“As a child I was mesmerized by my father's stained glass creations and the play of light prisms. Over the past ten years my creative journey has been to combine glass and crystal to make art glass which blends the aesthetic and personal. My pieces are necessarily timeless, but always alive and relevant.” -Bianca Divito

http://www.biancadivito.com/p/home

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BROKEN PROMISE BY EMMET KANE [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Emmet Kane [http://www.emmetkane.com/Biography]  comes from five generations of Master Craftsmen and is a self taught woodturner. He has worked for his studio since 1988 in Castledermot Co.Kildare Ireland. 

After leaving school in 1989 he joined the Family Building Business were he learnt many new skills. Emmet got a place on the Crafts Council of Ireland Business & Design Development Course 1996/’97, after many years of developing his skills in woodturning This helped him set up his own business as a woodturner in Castledermot Co.Kildare.

His work is a series of one off pieces which often have similar themes running through these unique pieces of sculpture in wood using a combination of metal leaf and many other materials to enhance each piece.

He has been to invited to teach, lecture and demonstrate to Woodturning symposiums in Australia, Finland, England,France, Norway, Germany, and USA and throughout the island of Ireland.

The Irish Times discussed this artist in a piece [30 March 2015]: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/how-emmet-kane-turned-wood-on-its-head-1.2154844

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EWE-TUBE BY MARK RYAN [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

I especially liked this.

YouTube - For those of you who are not from a farming background a ewe is a mature female sheep. Here in Ireland it is pronounced as yew but in some parts it may be pronounced as Yo.

Mark Ryan is a sculptor. He works in a variety of materials – wood, clay, plaster, steel, stainless steel and bronze.  He welds, cuts, casts and shapes. The scale of his work varies from small scale intimate works to very large scale sculptures in public spaces. His work is included in many national and international collections.

He has received the Braun prize at Carlow Eigse and the Halward Sculpture prize. His work is selected regularly for the RHA annual show and Sculpture in Context, the Botanic Gardens Dublin and by various galleries throughout Ireland.

Visit Mark: http://www.markryansculptor.com

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RETURN OF OBA BY BARRA CASSIDY [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Barra is a Dublin born artist and is living in the north west of Ireland for nearly a decade now calling Sligo his home.

 Barra is a predominantly self-taught artist who never attended conventional college. He considers himself to be an eternal student because he has no desire to stop learning and exploring new areas as an artist.

 MORE: http://www.sligoarts.ie/ArtistProfiles/VisualArt/BarraCassidy/

LOVELY DAY BY MARTY MEINARDI [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT

I have no information about the artist MARTY MEINARDI

 

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RETURN OF OBA BY BARRA CASSIDY [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Barra is a Dublin born artist and is living in the north west of Ireland for nearly a decade now calling Sligo his home.

Barra is a predominantly self-taught artist who never attended conventional college. He considers himself to be an eternal student because he has no desire to stop learning and exploring new areas as an artist.

MORE: http://www.sligoarts.ie/ArtistProfiles/VisualArt/BarraCassidy/

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WORLD WAVES BY CONLETH GENT AND PAUL FLYNN - SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT AT THE BOTANIC GARDENS SEPTEMBER 2016

Contact Conleth Gent - http://www.conlethgent.ie 
Contact Paul Flynn - http://www.paul-flynn.com

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IN STILLNESS BY DAVID McGLYNN [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

David McGlynn was born in Dublin in 1969. He graduated from the National College of Art & Design in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art Sculpture, and has been working as a freelance artist ever since. David likes to implement several textures and forms when creating his sculptures or paintings. He recently broadened his range including Garden Sculpture in his work, and is available for private commission.

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URBAN SAFARI BY BRIAN BYRNE AND EOIN BYRNE [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]-120806

URBAN SAFARI BY BRIAN BYRNE AND EOIN BYRNE

Sculpture In Context 2016 at the National Botanic Gardens,Glasnevin, Dublin 9.
8th September to 21st October 2016.

 

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UNIVERSAL PROGRESSION BY COLM O’HARA [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

SELFIE CLOUD BY ADAM MAY [SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2016]

Sculpture In Context 2016 at the National Botanic Gardens,Glasnevin, Dublin 9.
8th September to 21st October 2016.

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