Handmade crafts beat IKEA-bought items, says artist Finlay Byrne. Drawing inspiration from Claes Oldenburg’s “Soft Pay-Telephone”, she made this work to prompt us to think about the differences.
Our picks for the week, one a day: a film about a tone-deaf singer, Fiona Marron’s Proving Ground at ArtBox, and Willis Earl Beal at Sugar Club, and more.
Last summer, artists got the chance to paint some of Dublin’s grey traffic-signal boxes with bright, beautiful designs. If you kicked yourself for missing out, you’ve got another chance to apply now, for the next round.
Redrawing Dublin discover the tastes of Union 8 in Kilmainham, where the view leads to a point-by-point demolition of official excuses for dereliction.
As a kid, Will St Leger was surrounded by conflict. “I remember seeing movies on TV and I wanted to be a soldier without a gun,” he said. And maybe that’s what he is, as a playful, political street artist.
In a new series of paired articles, Redrawing Dublin will look at some of the inner city’s great restaurants, and the challenges facing their neighbourhoods. Here’s their manifesto.
Redrawing Dublin recently visited Fish Shop on Queen Street to try the brill and have a look at a big problem blocking the area’s regeneration: traffic.
In an age when many artists focus on performance and installation, Alison Tubritt has chosen a more traditional approach: drawing horses, on paper, with pencils.
Our picks for the week, one a day: from Drive-In at Vicar Street to “Court” at the IFI, from Sim Simma at Wigwam to “So Through the Singing Land He Passed” at the LAB.
For a sobering examination of Dublin life during its most bitter period, this is likely to be one of the more enlightening revolution-related events you’ll see this year.
