I became interested in the painter Jackson Pollock through a poet, Frank O’Hara. They were both Americans, and oddly enough, both died in car crashes. Like a former director of this gallery, Thomas MacGreevy, O’Hara was a poet who had a deep and professional interest in painting. Amongst other institutions O’Hara worked for the Museum [...]
Elephants Dream is a computer-generated movie made using open source applications that premiered on March 24, 2006. Beginning production in September, 2005, it was developed under the name Orange by a team of seven artists and animators from around the world. It was originally known as Machina, before being changed to Elephants Dream to more [...]
Report to Arts, Culture, Leisure & Youth Affairs SPC 23rd September, 2009 Item No. 5 Draft Policy for Decommissioning of Public Art This draft policy document for the Decommissioning of Public Art follows the passing by the SPC for Arts, Culture, Leisure and Youth Affairs and The City Council (in March 2009) of the Policies [...]
Okay, there’s been a lot about Mannix Flynn and the fallout from the Ryan report on this blog of late, but one last for a while, as I was invited by Mannix to in Portlaoise this evening for the launch of Padded Cell and Other Stories, which has now been cancelled, for reasons given below. [...]