VAN November/December 2022 issue profiles several recent exhibitions by artists at different career stages, working across a diverse range of media. Nick Miller interviews Philip Moss about his recent exhibition of painting at the RCC Letterkenny; Maximilian Le Cain covers Evgeniya Martirosyan’s ‘To Ashes’ at GOMA Waterford; Aengus Woods considers Lucy McKenna’s mixed-media works, recently presented at Solstice Arts Centre; and Jonathan Brennan reviews Ron Mueck’s hyper-realist sculptures at The MAC in Belfast.
In his latest Plein Air column, Cornelius Browne considers the sea as an omnipresent force in the work of Donegal painters; while in other columns, Chronic Collective discuss their advocacy for improved accessibility in the arts, and The Arts Council outline their new EDI toolkit.
For our Ecologies section, Cleary Connolly and collaborators discuss their Eco Showboat tour of Irish waterways to raise awareness about climate change. This issue also includes performance art, member profiles, a Regional Focus on Galway City, and much more.
On the Cover: Enda Burke, Deirdre by the Window, 2021, photograph; image courtesy of the artist
