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Artist Statement:
‘Dublin: A City of Contrasts’
(2007)
New Series of Oil Paintings
The Dublin of today is a far
cry from the Dublin of the
1980s when it was said to
resemble London directly after
the Second World War, so
numerous were its run-down
buildings and empty sites. In
the last 10-15 years much of
the city has been renovated or
rebuilt. The success of the
‘Celtic Tiger’ has given the
Irish people historically
unprecedented wealth and
attracted many immigrants from
all over the world. This can
all be seen in a brief walk
around the city centre. The
new (and expensive) cars glide
past African and Polish shops
while people from many
different ethnic and cultural
backgrounds mingle around the
Spire and the GPO on O’Connell
St.
The Dublin we see today is a
snapshot in time, hiding its
past while only leaking hints
of where its future will lie.
For example, the new O’Connell
St with its squared-off
designer trees and generous
paving hides the felling only
the year before of a row of
100-year-old trees that
witnessed the 1916 Easter
Rising. Looking to the future
it seems likely that Liberty
Hall...
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Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin (pronounced Kee-veen O Cree-awn) is an Irish artist who has exhibited widely around Ireland. His work consists of drawings and paintings and features local scenes as well as images from his travels to the west of Ireland and abroad. His social and political themes range from the local to the global.
Is ealaíontóir Éireannach é Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin atá tar éis ealaíonn a thaispeáint go forleathan timpeall na tíre. Is líníocht agus péintéireacht de radharcanna áitiúla chomh maith le íomhánna óna gcuid aistear in iarthar na hÉireann agus thar leár. Ritheann a theamaí polaitiúla agus soisialta ón áitiúl go dtí'n cruinniúil.
Caoimhghin studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin where he obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. He subsequently undertook post-graduate study in the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies in Dublin City University obtaining a Masters degree in Communications and Cultural Studies. Caoimhghin is an Irish speaker and holds a PhD in Language and Politics which is published under the title Language from Below: The Irish Language, Ideology and Power in the Twentieth Century. He completed work recently in Dublin City University as a researcher on the TRASNA project (a web-based database of references to translations of Irish literature globally) and as a part-time lecturer. His interests vary widely from listening to Irish traditional, world and classical music, teaching Set and Ceilí dancing and researching family history. He is currently concentrating his time on a new show based on political and social aspects of the city.
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