Undertaking Major Public Art Commissions (12 Mar)

Undertaking Major Public Art Commissions

Public art commissions are an important facet of many art practices. Here we will look at public art commission with artist Ruth E Lyons, creator of powerful public art sculpture and Dr Marianne O’ Kane Boal curator and architecture specialist and policy advisor.

Ruth E Lyons

Ruth E Lyons is an independent artist based in co. Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland. Best known for her dramatic and standout public sculptures, she works on ambitious expansive projects exploring geologic time and questioning our place in the universe. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including Talbot Rice Gallery, Scotland, Broad Art Museum, US and ExtraCity, Belgium. Lyons has created numerous public works, most recently Wave Junction, Quantum Logistics Park, 2023 Dublin and SUPERUNIFICATION, 2022, Honeypark, DunLaoghaire, Dublin. Lyons’ art works are included in the permanent collections of National Gallery of Ireland, Arts Council of Ireland and Office of Public works.

Dr Marianne O’Kane Boal

Dr Marianne O’Kane Boal is a well-known curator and writer on art and architecture. She has written extensively on these subjects over the past 25 years.  She writes for the Irish Arts Review, Circa, Perspective, Living Design, Visual Artists Newsletter and Architecture Ireland. She has curated over 50 exhibitions in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Marianne completed her PhD in Social Research at Atlantic Technological University Sligo in 2023. She is President of the Irish Section of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and Expert Advisor on Art for the Ministerial Advisory Group on Architecture and the Built Environment in Northern Ireland. She has been delivering webinars and professional development workshops for Visual Artists Ireland for over fifteen years since 2009 on curating, creative proposals, presenting work, writing about practice and public art. Her research interests include art, architecture, children’s literature, the sociology of food and childhood studies. She has presented at conferences in Zurich, Prague, Chile, Belfast and Dublin.

Poster Image: Superunification, Ruth E Lyons, 2022, Honeypark, DunLaoghaire, Ireland. Commissioned by Cosgraves developments. Curated by Claire Power

Photo credit: Imageworks photography 2022

This event is supported by Kildare County Council

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