The Winter 22 boasts a superb selection of articles to enjoy, from the artists On View across Ireland from the end of November to March, as well as many informed and beautifully illustrated articles, featuring Abstraction at the RHA, Gerry Davis, George Bolster, Emma Roche, Kevin Mooney, John Beattie, interview with Martin Mooney, Joanna Kidney, Dominic Turner, Architecture – Níall McLaughlin, Estella Solomons, Evie Hone, Mia Cranwill, Edmond T Quinn, Harry Hernoff and much more.
The RHA’s exhibition indicates that the term ‘abstract’ now encompasses a broad church of artistic endeavour, writes Aidan Dunne
Peter Murray discovers that nature, culture and science intersect in the work of George Bolster
Seán Kissane explores the work of Kevin Mooney, in which complex webs of history and cultural references abound
The relationship between Francis Bacon’s permanent studio at the Hugh Lane and John Beattie’s cinematic reconstruction of a Piet Mondrian’s studio opens up a narrative between both spaces, writes Josef Uecker
Niamh NicGhabhann finds that central to Emma Roche’s recent painting is a concern for the stress of assembly-line work
Joanna Kidney’s work has an abstract quality and a poetic sensibility, writes Margarita Cappock
Gerry Davis tells Yvonne Davis how an exhibition by a well travelled Japanese artist inspired him to document his own Asian trip
Aidan Dunne talks to painter Martin Mooney about his career and the development of his work
Stephanie McBride meets Dominic Turner whose art photography is created with a finesse reminiscent of a bygone age
Winner of the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize Níall McLaughlin tells Raymund Ryan that the ‘real function of architecture is to situate us in time’
Hilary Pyle looks at the life and work of artist Estella Solomons, whose exhibition is on view at the National Gallery of Ireland
Hiram Morgan relates the history of a 16th-century tapestry that features a tournament between British and Irish knights
Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch remembers a leading member of the Celtic Revival, artist Mia Cranwill
Joseph McBrinn charts the history of Evie Hone’s Tullabeg windows, which illustrate scenes from the life of Christ
Paula Murphy considers the work of Irish American Edmond T Quinn, one of the leading sculptors of his generation
Kathryn Milligan traces the career of Harry Aaron Kernoff, whose art was inspired by city life
Brian Fallon remembers a modest exhibition that began a love affair with the work of Harry Kernof
Clodagh Doyle selects the St Brigid’s cross from the collections of the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life in Castlebar, Co Mayo
