Fiona Kearney selects Anatomy of Chaos IV by Miriam de Búrca from the University College Cork art collection
Ireland’s varied landscape is well represented in the UCC art collection, from the wet, green fields painted by Patrick Collins to the hauntingly rich photography of Clare Langan, but the recent acquisition of two of Miriam de Búrca’s exquisite ink drawings on man-made vellum bring an important social as well as geographical topography into focus. Her work records the cilliní graves, easily overlooked sites that were the designated resting places for unbaptised children and other members of society considered unsuitable for burial in consecrated ground.
Using satellite imaging, photographer David Thomas Smith echoes the Arecibo radio message transmitted into deep space forty-five years ago, writes Stephanie McBride
‘I knew from the age of three what I wanted to do,‚’ sculptor Carolyn Mulholland tells Brian McAvera
The historically important Doneraile Court in north Cork has opened its doors to the public following an extensive conservation and renovation project, writes Peter Pearson
