Carlow Visual Arts
Cultural History, Famous Painting/Sculpture
and Art Museums.
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Carlow Visual Arts |
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IRISH CULTURAL MONUMENTS |
Visual Arts in County CarlowSituated to the west of Counties Wicklow and Wexford is the inland County of Carlow (Ceatharlach). Located to the south east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster, it has a population of 46,014, and its capital is Carlow town on the River Barrow. Early Visual Arts Among Carlow's earliest visual artists were the eighth century monks who produced the Mulling (Moling) Gospels. This illuminated religious manuscript, now kept at Trinity College Dublin is an excellent example of Irish monastic art, with complex Celtic-style illustration. |
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PREHISTORY OF CARLOW Note: For the history of Celtic culture and examples of ancient metalwork created by the first Celts, see: Celtic Art. For a guide to the earliest styles, which influenced so many Irish draughtsmen and metalworkers during the renaissance of the early Christian era, see: Hallstatt (800-450) and La Tene (c.450-50 BCE). |
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Famous Artists More modern Irish artists born in or associated with Carlow, include: Frank O'Meara (1853-1888), the Landscape Artist in the French Naturalist Tradition and a major figure in Irish art; and John Schwatschke (b.1943), the portrait artist in Oils, Gouache, Ink and Watercolours. New Cultural Centre For Carlow Construction has started on the new visual arts centre - The National Centre for Contemporary Art and the George Bernard Shaw Theatre. Situated in Carlow Town, within the grounds of Carlow College, the Centre will exhibit contemporary art by Carlow, Irish and international artists. It will also host Éigse Carlow Arts festival and be a home for the county's performing arts. The Centre is set to become a major cultural and community asset for the area. |
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Visual Arts Program Visual arts include Irish painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, filmmaking and other modern artforms. The County's new arts program - "Visualise Carlow" - brings three art events to Carlow each year to promote our forthcoming National Centre for Contemporary Art. Through temporary public art shows and artworks, Visualise Carlow aims to establish the type of connections with local, national and international groups to help maintain Carlow's reputation as a centre for visual arts. See also Artlinks. Examples of Previous Arts Events Previous Carlow Art Projects have included: "Sweet Futures", involving a variety ofconsumable landscapes by Sarah Browne; a film project conducted inside Altamont House, by National film maker Pat Murphy; the Carlow African Film Festival; Carlow Children’s Arts Festival; SPLANC, a new festival to augment cultural activities in County Carlow for young people including visual art, and literary events. One of the latter's most striking shows was based on "Francis Street Boys 1994", a series of schoolboy busts by American sculptor John Ahearn, commissioned by the Irish Museum of Modern Art. |
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of the province of Leinster, see: Homepage.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF IRISH ART |
