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Joachim Koester, In the Face of Overwhelming Forces, Camden Arts Centre, London

Ruth Hogan / May 10, 2017

Nature creates similarities. One need only think of mimicry. The highest capacity for producing similarities, however, is man’s. His gift of seeing resemblances is nothing ... Read More

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Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone, Ormston House, Limerick

Rebecca O'Dwyer / April 26, 2017

In his 2010 book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, Nicholas Carr describes cartography as one early example of an ‘intellectual’ technology.[1] With the ... Read More

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Ian Wilson, Hanne Lippard, Adam Pendleton, and Paul Elliman, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

Adrian Duncan / April 9, 2017

This first exhibition at the newly revamped KW Institute for Contemporary Art, curated by incoming director Krist Gruijthuijsen, is an expansive and coherent presentation of ... Read More

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Yuri Pattison, sunset provision, mother’s tankstation limited

Aidan Kelly Murphy / March 27, 2017

In sunset provision at mother’s tankstation limited, Yuri Pattison expands on concepts previously raised in his 2016 Chisenhale Gallery show, user, space, an exhibition that ... Read More

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Stephen Brandes, Parc du Souvenir, Oonagh Young Gallery, Dublin

Nathan O'Donnell / March 12, 2017

In 1892, Sir Patrick Geddes opened what must be among the first museums of urban planning in the world, in an observatory housing a camera obscura on the Royal Mile, next to ... Read More

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Jaki Irvine, If the Ground Should Open …, IMMA, Dublin

Declan Long / February 13, 2017

On some of the darker days of 2016, when no glimmer of good news seemed likely, I couldn’t really care about what Ireland was supposed to be commemorating. For me at least – ... Read More

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Visual Interference, Liz Nielsen and Max Warsh at Sirius Arts Centre

Lucy Dawe Lane / December 12, 2016

The following review-essay was written in response to Liz Nielsen and Max Warsh’s two-person exhibition, held at Sirius Arts Centre from 22 June to 1 August 2016 (with a ... Read More

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Liverpool Biennial, 9 July–16 October 2016 – various venues

Nathan O'Donnell / September 1, 2016

This year’s Liverpool Biennial, with work by thirty-seven artists spread across twenty-six locations, was woven more extensively and more seamlessly into the fabric of the ... Read More

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The Melody Is the Message, Steve Maher at LSAD Church Gallery, Limerick City, 14 December 2015–8 January 2016. Curated by Paul Tarpey

Chris Hayes / June 10, 2016

Chris: How does it work? Steve: It’s simple. He claps twice; loudly. Apropos of Nothing Installation view, 2015 Courtesy of the Artist We’re standing in front of an applause ... Read More

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Emma Haugh, The Re-appropriation of Sensuality, NCAD Gallery, 5 November-6 December, 2015

Fiona Gannon / March 19, 2016

Emma Haugh’s exhibition at NCAD gallery was the most recent materialisation of a project that has been running since 2013, one that has many aspects including workshops, ... Read More

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