A MODERN THREE BEAR FAMILY
Patricia Donnelly is from Tallaght in Dublin and her work is frequently included in Sculpture In Context exhibitions but this has been my favourite to date.
A MUCH FASTER SITE AS IT IS HEADLESS
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A MODERN THREE BEAR FAMILY
Patricia Donnelly is from Tallaght in Dublin and her work is frequently included in Sculpture In Context exhibitions but this has been my favourite to date.
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MADE FROM WOOD AND GRASS
This was featured in the 2018 Sculpture In Context Exhibition at the Botanic Gardens. Back in 2018 I knew nothing about this artist other than the fact that I always look forward to seeing his work on display in the Botanic Gardens every September.
Anyway a few days ago I came across the following: “My name is Peter Slyman, I’m predominantly a sculptural based artist & original member of Kildare Art Collective. I graduated from NCAD in 2017 with an honour’s degree in fine art sculpture. I then went on to be awarded a residency in Clancy Quay Studio (Dublin) from 2018/20. From this base I began exhibiting works around the country including, Sculpture in Context 2018/19, Ballymaloe house, June Fest, Electric Picnic & the RHA annual exhibition.
I’m a maker & I enjoy nothing more than taking ideas from my head and making them a sculptural reality. For me the process of problem solving & fixing is the most important part of my practice when making a sculpture, its where I find my flow.”
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SCULPTURE IN CONTEXT 2023 PREVIEW 2 SEPTEMBER 2023
In order to preview Sculpture In Context I visited the exhibition on the Saturday and Sunday before the exhibition officially opened. I used a Canon 5DIII on the first day and a Sigma Dp3 Quattro on the Sunday.
The works on display were not labelled until Thursday and they is when I purchased the catalogue.
Sculpture in Context is the largest sculpture exhibition in Ireland. It is an annual event organised by Sculpture in Context, an artist-led organisation, in association with the Office of Public Works and the National Botanic Gardens. The exhibition showcases the work of over 120 artists using a wide range of media, from the smallest, most intricate ceramic works to stone sculptures of monumental scale. The sculptures are displayed throughout the 50 acres of beautifully-landscaped grounds of the National Botanic Gardens, creating a unique and inspiring experience for visitors.
The 2023 exhibition will run from September 7 to October 13. The opening hours are from 10am to 6pm, seven days a week. Admission is free.
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SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER VISIT – USED A SONY FX30 WITH A SIGMA 14MM LENS
This fern sculpture commission was purchased by the OPW and installed at the Botanic Gardens in Dublin.
My understanding is that Patrick Barry relocated to New Zealand in 2014.
Dicksonia antarctica, the soft tree fern or man fern, is a species of evergreen tree fern native to eastern Australia, ranging from south-east Queensland, coastal New South Wales and Victoria to Tasmania.
These ferns can grow to 15 m (49 ft) in height, but more typically grow to about 4.5–5 m (15–16 ft), and consist of an erect rhizome forming a trunk. They are very hairy at the base of the stipe (adjoining the trunk) and on the crown. The large, dark green, roughly-textured fronds spread in a canopy of 2–6 m (6 ft 7 in – 19 ft 8 in) in diameter. The shapes of the stems vary as some grow curved and there are multi-headed ones. The fronds are borne in flushes, with fertile and sterile fronds often in alternating layers.
The “trunk” of this fern is merely the decaying remains of earlier growth of the plant and forms a medium through which the roots grow. The trunk is usually solitary, without runners, but may produce offsets. They can be cut down and, if they are kept moist, the top portions can be replanted and will form new roots. The stump, however, will not regenerate since it is dead organic matter. In nature, the fibrous trunks are hosts for a range of epiphytic plants including other ferns and mosses.
The fern grows at 3.5 to 5 cm per year and produces spores at the age of about 20 years.
Reproduction by this species is primarily from spores, but it can also be grown from plantlets occurring around the base of the rhizome.
In cultivation, it can also be grown as a “cutting”, a method not to be encouraged unless the tree-fern is doomed to die in its present position. This involves sawing the trunk through, usually at ground level, and removing the fronds; the top part will form roots and regrow, but the base will die.