Joanne Laws interviews Daphne Wright ahead of her solo exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford; Tom Climent outlines the evolution of his painting practice and his recent exhibition at CCI Paris; and Joseph Young discusses his doctoral research outputs, including a sound trail and vinyl record.
For the Irish Art History column, Michael Holly outlines his research on the life and work of Belgian artist Lily Van Oost. From the Archives republishes a column about an NCAD protest in 1989, written by Áine Phillips (then, President of NCAD Students Union) and first published in the SSI Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1989.
Among other feature articles, Thomas Pool interviews the EVA Platform Commission artists developing new work for the 41st edition of EVA International; Josephine Kelliher reflects on the practice of Michael Kane; Leah Corbett and Emily Waszak discuss their participation in ‘Urgencies’ at CCA Derry~Londonderry; and Venus Patel reports on ‘Screenings at The Curve’ – an event by Irish Artists’ Film Index at VAI’s Dublin Office.
Reviewed in VAN May/June Critique section are: ‘Kunstkammer’ at Lismore Castle Arts; ‘History of the Present’ at Golden Thread Gallery; ‘The Shape of Memory’ at Graphic Studio Gallery; Daniel Tuomey at Ormston House; and Rich Gilligan at Draíocht Arts Centre.
On The Cover: Tom Climent, Helios, 2018, [detail], oil, plaster, and sand on canvas, 153 x 183 cm; photograph by Jörg Köster, courtesy of the artist and Solomon Fine Art.
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