Matthew Thompson’s portfolio of fine art students forms a vivid picture of the day-to-day creative process, writes Stephanie McBride
An organisation’s official prospectus will usually accentuate the positive. It will attempt the equivalent of ‘de-cluttering‚’ and ‘staging‚’ for a house viewing or a visiting dignitary; and after a sanding down of all the rough edges and a vigorous polish and shine, everything will have a flawless surface sheen. The prospectus is a close cousin, too, of those computer-generated images of the planned shopping centre with its perfect people, perfect trees and perfect skies. Without any sense of irony, such Photoshopping is sometimes captioned ‘An artist’s impression‚’.
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Brian McAvera wonders whether soulless consumerism is the message in Ian Cumberland’s dramatically installed artworks recently shown at Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast
Anita Groener’s strength lies in a total focus on her theme and her art, an art that draws in and challenges the viewer, writes Judith Hill
‘I’m trying to make the invisible visible’ Pat Harris tells Brian McAvera on the eve of his exhibition at the Taylor Galleries, Dublin
