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NEWS: My portrait of Catherine Corless has been purchased by the National Gallery of Ireland for their permanent collection. It is currently on show as a recent acquisition in room 23. To find out more about Catherine Corless and her work follow the link. My ninth solo exhibition, called Icons II, was shown in the Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely , County Wicklow this summer. It is a follow up to the,exhibition in, iAxis, Ballymun in 2017, It featured lots of new icons as well as some from the Ballymun show. Follow the links below to read reviews and interviews. I am in conversation with Conor Walton. Professor Gary Granville wrote this review published in CIRCA, https://circaartmagazine.net/gary-granville-paul-maccormaic/ and this one appeared in the DUBLIN INQUIRER www.dublininquirer.com/2017/11/14/a-ballymun-exhibit-frames-the-profane-with-the-sacred/ Left: One Size Fits All, Me Arse, 25x20cm, 2016 Below left: Portrait of Catherine Corless, Historian and Human Rights Campaigner. 122x91 cm, courtesy of NGI. My previous solo exhibition entitled Food Fight took place in The Séamus Ennis Centre in The Naul, County Dublin. See Exhibitions page. I took part in an interview with Alan Keane who runs The Artist's Well, an archive of nearly 50 interviews with prominent artists from around the country. Mine can be viewed on YouTube, episode 46 and it lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes. A book called The Source, which features the first 50 artists has been published. |
