Today, however, when you look at the subtle paint surfaces of Young Ireland, the staged brio of The Dead Ptarmigan and the flawed ambition of The Holy Well, the din of debate pales, and images - by turns unsettling, irrelevant and insistent - glow in the mind. Imperial War Museum, London SE1, January 27-May 2. Then at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, June 1-August 28.
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Irish Art
Snippets of interest to lovers of Art. News about Irish Artists or otherwise. The odd rant...
Saturday
Orpen's Art Revalued
William Orpen was automatically condemned by the 'intelligensia' - by those who consider a picture an object never to be looked at and enjoyed, but to be written about, puzzled over, confused or embarrassed by, or startled at. He was capable of sounding deep resonances with the art of the past, which increasingly counted for nothing as the critical tide of postwar Britain flowed towards modernism and away from visual erudition.
Today, however, when you look at the subtle paint surfaces of Young Ireland, the staged brio of The Dead Ptarmigan and the flawed ambition of The Holy Well, the din of debate pales, and images - by turns unsettling, irrelevant and insistent - glow in the mind. Imperial War Museum, London SE1, January 27-May 2. Then at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, June 1-August 28.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
Today, however, when you look at the subtle paint surfaces of Young Ireland, the staged brio of The Dead Ptarmigan and the flawed ambition of The Holy Well, the din of debate pales, and images - by turns unsettling, irrelevant and insistent - glow in the mind. Imperial War Museum, London SE1, January 27-May 2. Then at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, June 1-August 28.
For the full story - click the title
Irish Art
