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21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Queen Elizabeth II

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Fourteen: Colin Davidson's Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (2016).

visual arts • 09 Sep 22

Vukašin Nedeljković, 'Lissywollen Accommodation Centre, Athlone' (2013)

21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks - the final artwork revealed

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks is an exhibition currently running at the Glebe Gallery, Donegal, inspired by the RTÉ Culture series by Cristín Leach - now Cristín adds one final work to the series.

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks • 18 May 22

Detail from Boy (2008) by Geraldine O'Neill

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Boy

Critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number 21 is Geraldine O'Neill's Boy (2008)

visual arts • 26 Oct 17

Sean Hillen - detail from Evidence of Controlled Demolition in the Rose Garden, Tralee, Co Kerry (2007)

21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks: Searching For Evidence

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number 20 is Sean Hillen's Evidence of Controlled Demolition in the Rose Garden, Tralee, Co Kerry

visual arts • 20 Oct 17

Vera Klute - detail from Flesh & Blood II, 2016, Glazed porcelain

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Flesh & Blood II

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Nineteen is Vera Klute's Flesh & Blood II (2016).

visual arts • 14 Oct 17

21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks: Primal Energy No.2

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Eighteen is Joe Hogan's Primal Energy No.2 (2016)

Culture • 06 Oct 17

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: L'Université

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Seventeen: Alice Maher's L'Université (2012)

visual arts • 04 Oct 17

Detail from Heron (2010), by Dorothy Cross. Image via Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Heron

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Sixteen: Heron (2010), by Dorothy Cross.

visual arts • 05 Oct 17

Mick O'Dea - The Britannia (2015), RHA Dublin, 2016

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: The Britannia

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Fifteen: Mick O'Dea's The Britannia (2015)

visual arts • 15 Sep 17

Ann Quinn - My Father's Cows Making Their Way Back Down To The Burn Field After Milking Time (2013)

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: My Father's Cows...

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Thirteen: Ann Quinn's My Father's Cows making their Way back down to the Burn Field after Milking Time (2013).

visual arts • 01 Sep 17

Corban Walker - Grid Stacks - installation at Green On Red Gallery, Dublin

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Grid Stacks

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Twelve: Corban Walker's Grid Stacks (2007)

visual arts • 07 Sep 17

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: I'll Sing You a Song...

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Amanda Coogan's I'll Sing You a Song from Around the Town.

visual arts • 16 Aug 17

Michelle Browne, Risk (2011) -
Screening Room. Crawford Art Gallery December 2014.

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Risk

In an ongoing series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. Number Ten: Risk by Michelle Browne.

visual arts • 09 Aug 17

Siobhan McGibbon - What's between our legs ain't no bodies business but ours (Resin, fiberglass, 2013). Image courtesy of Ramona Burke

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: What's Between Our Legs...

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Siobhan McGibbon's What's between our legs ain't no bodies business but ours (2013).

visual arts • 17 Aug 17

Aideen Barry - Spray Grenade (SG09/3#01), 2009, Aluminium, Brass, Steel

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Weapons of Mass Consumption

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland.

visual arts • 14 Jul 17

Detail from Gary Coyle's The Penitent (2014)

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: The Penitent

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Gary Coyle's The Penitent (2014)

visual arts • 14 Jul 17

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: The Claddagh Embrace

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Joe Caslin's The Claddagh Embrace.

visual arts • 28 Jun 17

Detail from Settlement (2011), by Anthony Haughey

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Settlement

Anthony Haughey's photographs of half-finished houses and abandoned residential building-sites have a near-supernatural, spiritual glow about them.

visual arts • 08 Jun 17

Still from Remains (2013), by Willie Doherty

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Remains

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Remains by Willie Doherty (2013)

visual arts • 31 May 17

A detail from Psychosis, by Dónal Geheran.

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Psychosis

In a new series of articles, critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks for RTÉ Culture that define Modern Ireland. This week: Psychosis by Dónal Geheran.

visual arts • 25 May 17

Still from Here After, ©2004 Inger Lise Hansen, Rebecca Trost & Patrick Jolley Estate

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks: Here After

Furniture, clothes and domestic appliances fall to the floor through a hole in the ceiling of an abandoned living room as a piano cacophony plays in Paddy Jolley's Here After.

visual arts • 21 Jul 19

Detail from Palm Trees and Bungalow, Carlow (2010) by Mairead O'hEocha

21st Century Ireland In 21 Artworks: Palm Trees and Bungalow

Critic and broadcaster Cristín Leach selects 21 artworks that define Modern Ireland. Number One: Palm Trees and Bungalow, Carlow (2010) and Garden, Duncormick, Co Wexford (2011) by Mairead O'hEocha.

visual arts • 15 May 17

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks - an introduction

In 1930, the French painter and provocateur Francis Picabia said, "A picture should not belong to any age; it should concentrate on its own needs rather than those of an age. It should rise above its age."

visual arts • 05 May 17

21st Century Ireland in 21 Artworks