Triptych of cibachrome photographs. 150 x 100 cm (each), 'Blood of the Beast' is a triptych focusing on the subject of conflict and history in the north of Ireland, a subject that British artist Nigel Rolfe has returned to on many occasions in his work. A series of symbolic
A Sense of Freedom | History | Northern Ireland
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Acrylic on canvas. 152.6 x 183.2 cm, ‘Black and White’ is one of many works from Irish artist Michael Farrell's Pressé Series which he produced in the 1970’s. In these works, Farrell was inspired by curvilinear motifs from early Irish art which he used to create stylised,
A Sense of Identity | Art, Irish | History
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Oil on Canvas. 99 x 124 cm, In 'The Irish Coast' Stephen McKenna combines classical and academic approaches to painting with the great 17th century Dutch tradition of marine painting, to comment on a very contemporary, yet universal subject. Painted in 1981 during the heigh
A Sense of Place | Irish landscapes | Coasts
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Painted text; acyrlic on 96 styrofoam panels, Shane Cullen is an Irish artist whose largely text-based work deals with political issues, often specifically with official documents and symbols. 'Fragmens Sur Les Institutions Republicaines IV' was made over a period of four y
A Sense of Freedom | Arts | Installations (Art)
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Tapestry 184 x 280 cm, ‘The Táin. Army Massing’ is one of a series of twenty Aubusson wool tapestries produced from Louis Le Brocquy’s calligraphic brush drawings on the same subject. In 1967 Le Brocquy was commissioned by Liam Miller of Dolmen Press to illustrate Thomas
A Sense of Identity | Mythology | Mythology, Celtic
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