Chapter 41 - Public Sculpture Flashcards
Site specific
A piece of art created to exist in a certain place. Artists will typically take the location into account when planning the piece
Name this piece, the artist, and location
An Chapall Mór by Tighe O’Donoghue Ross
N22 in Co.Kerry
Name this piece and the artist
Misneacht by John Byrne
Name the piece and artist
The Gaelic Chiefton by Maurice Harron
Name the piece, artist and location
Saints and Scholars by Maurice Harron
N52 Tullamore by-pass, Offaly
When was Rowan Gillespie born?
Born in Dublin in 1953
Where did Rowan Gillespie grow up? How did this influence him as an artist?
He spent his childhood in Cyprus. His family lived alone in a sort of diplomatic home. He entertained himself by carving sculptures into sandstone
When and where was Rowan Gillespie introduced to lost-wax casting and by who?
In 1969 he attended York School of Art, where he was introduced to lost-wax casting by Sally Arnup
What college did Gillespie attend in 1970? Who did he meet here?
In 1970 he attended Kingston College of Art, where he was tutored by woodcarver John Robson and met Harry Moore
Where did Gillespie complete his studies?
Statens Kunsole, Oslo
Gillespie lectured for 3 years in Norway. Where exactly did he lecture and how did this influence him?
He lectured for three years at the Munch Museum, the Norwegian painter having a profound influence on him
When did Gillespie return to Dublin?
1977
Name the piece, the artist, the year it was made and briefly analyse
Blackrock Dolmen, Rowan Gillespie, 1987
- Elegant, elongated, stylised, figurative
- Hint at gender, but mostly androgenous
- Community
- Bronze and fiberglass, 1.5 tonnes
Name the piece, the artist, the year it was made and briefly analyse
Famine, Rowan Gillespie, 1997
- Emancipated, haunting
- Custom House Quay
- Dedicated to Irish people forced to emigrate during the Famine
- Bronze
- Linear quality of the drapery makes the figured appear taller
- Also draws attention to today’s world poverty
Name the piece, the artist, the year it was made and briefly analyse
Migrants, Rowan Gillespie, 2007
- President Mary McAleese unveiled a second series of Famine sculptures
- Quayside in Toronto’s Ireland Park
- To remember the arrival of Famine migrants
Name the piece, the artist, and briefly analyse
Aspirations, Rowan Gillespie
- Side of the Treasury Building, Dublin’s Grand Canal Quay
- 13ft naked woman scaling the building
- Was initially a man but John Ronan (the developer) suggested it be a woman
- Gillespie realised most of his figures involved struggle and effort of men, which he realised was sexist as women in Ireland were making such good progress
- Fiberglass coated with protective materials
- Clawed hands show effort
- Physique is flowing and flexed, showing understanding of human form
- Climbing up but looking down at how far she’s come
Name the piece, the artist, and briefly analyse
Proclaimations, Rowan Gillespie
- 14 figures
- Megalithic circle
- Engraving of the Proclaimation, name and sentence to death of each leader
Name the piece, the artist, the year it was made and briefly analyse
Cashel Dancers, Rowan Gillespie, 1991
- Joy, passion, movement
Name the piece, the artist, give brief info and briefly analyse
Kindred Spirits, Alex Pentek
- 9 stainless steel eagle feathers in Middleton, Co. Cork
- Chodrow people, a Native American triber in the US raised $710 and sent it to Ireland during the Famine
When and where was Oisín Kelly born?
Born in Dublin in 1915
Who did Oisín Kelly study under after the war? What did he learn from this person?
He studied under Henry Moore in England, and they worked strictly on human form
What are the main themes of Oisín Kelly’s work?
Irish culture and heritage, movement
Name the piece, the artist, the year it was made, give brief info and analyse
Children of Lir, Oisín Kelly, 1970
- Cast in Italy
- His largest public work
- Located in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin
- Depicts the moment from the Irish legend when the children transform into swans and soar up into the air
- Symbolises the fundamental change that occurred in Ireland, brought about by the Easter Rising
- In preparation, he made many drawings of live and dead swans
- Great sense of movement
- Powerful central theme
- Realistic
Name the piece, the artist, give brief info and analyse
Working Men, Oisín Kelly
- Outside County Hall in Cork
- Bronze figures
- Represents two generations of Irish workers admiring their work
- 20 and 70 years old
- Realistic but simplified and have a touch of charm and humour
Name this controversial piece and give brief info
Anna Livia, Eamonn O’Doherty
- Symbolising the River Liffey
- Was placed in the center of O’Connell Street
- Earned the nickname ‘floozie in the jacuzzi’
- Attracted graffiti, litter and washing up liquid
- Removed and placed in a small lake in Croppy Acre Memorial Gardens opposite Collins Barracks
Name this landmark piece, the artist, give brief info
Perpetual Motion, Remco de Fouw and Rachel Joynt
- Naas dual-carriageway
- You have left Dublin, and the real journey south has begun
What is the Per Cent for Art Scheme?
- Public art is paid for by public money
- Department of Environment recognised the important contribution made by public art so the Per Cent for Art Scheme was established in 1997
- It’s a levy on building construction to include a sum for an Irish visual art project
Creative concept
The idea. Where does it come from? What influenced or inspired it?
When did Oisín Kelly receive his first commission?
1949, it was a piece for a church. This inputted a religious theme into his work
When was Oisín Kelly elected into the RHA?
1965
