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2008 Exhibition Past Exhibitions 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 Previous Years Archive Other Events Farmleigh Symposium 2005 Airfield Update for Sculptors 2008 Awards	Sculpture in Context 2006 National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 7 September to 20 October 2006 The National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin Dublin is in my mind quite possibly the 'Jewel in the Crown' of Northside Dublin... yes there is more to the Northside than the Airport... lots more... but the 'Bots', as I call it, has a special place in my heart. It was where myself and my mates, way back in the early 1970's, spent many a summer Sunday. We were gob-smacked by it's beauty we had never seen the likes of it . We were no longer in the grey suburbia that was the Northside in the '70's ...we were in 'The Garden of Eden'. exotic flowers.... plants.... trees the size of Liberty Hall.... and if you ventured into the magnificent glasshouses....well it was like hanging out with Queen Victoria in the rain forests of South America except....it was Ireland.... we owned it... it was free in, and that's not to mention.... it was “The Place “ to check out or meet the local "Talent".   Pili Duncan  Ode to the Great Irish Famine Mixed media, Carrickmacross Lace 30 x 25 x 15 Those were the days before true "Teenage Rampage" kicked in and we all formed Bands and started to build our own “Gardens of Eden”. About two years ago I had a photo session to do for the Sunday Independent and, off the cuff, I decided to do it in the 'Bots' ... something very magical hit me ... yes the 'Bots' was still as  beautiful....even more so due to it's recent refurbishing, but something was different ... SCULPTURE. All over the  gardens was the most amazing collection of sculpture all intertwined with the trees and plants and all the glorious surroundings that the 'Bots' holds ... from Surrealistic Monkeys hanging from the trees ... to Cloned Genetically Modified Sheep eating the grass ... to Metal Cacti ... to Friendly Concrete Slugs hanging out by the pool...to Winged Angels descending on the Rockery ... it was extraordinary. It was ART where it should be ... out in the open for all to see ... no snobbery just ART. Sculpture in Context's people were behind it .... and this year again they are casting their magical spell all over the 'Botanic Gardens'.  ART should be like the flowers, plants and trees we should feel and see it spontaneously ... 'Sculpture in Context' debunks the myth that one has to be 'educated' or 'intellectual' to appreciate or enjoy Sculpture / Art.   This is ART for the people without any of the deep and meaningful crap that a lot of the galleries have smothered ART with ... yes, I know ART can be deep and meaningful but it should not be ELITIST ... it should be OUT THERE FOR ALL ... and let them make their own minds up.... actually they don't even have to do that.... just Feel and Enjoy it ... bring your children ... bring your granny.... or go alone you'd never know it may inspire a budding five-year-old Picasso-To-Be ... or better still if you check out the 'Talent' you may even fall in love.   Gavin Friday  2006 The four Sculpture in Context Awards for large outdoor works of distinction in any medium were awarded to: Henry Amos for Cut Glass Naomi Jobson for Dandelion James Horan for Reflection Niall O'Neill for Folded The Winner of the CAST Ltd 2006 Award for a work of distinction in any medium was Frances Lambe for Borderland An additional award will be presented at the end of the exhibition for the most popular sculpture voted by the public. The Selection Panel for this year's exhibition was: James Hayes, Rachel Joynt, Neil Read. Henry Amos  Cut Glass Kiln Formed Glass, Mirror, Lawnmower 120 x 35 x 400   Ken Drew        Fibonacci' s Garden Wall Patinated Brass 185 x 185 x 65   Annika Berglund  Grass Smoke Fired Ceramics, Metal 200 x 100 x 100   Frances Lambe  Borderland Ceramic 26 x 300 x 60   Alistair Lambert  Turn Point        Slate, Stainless Steel 210 x 70 x 70   Eileen MacDonagh Untitled Limestone 120 x 100 x 150   Michael McWilliams Sphere Ciment Fondu, Jute 60 x 60 x 60   Anna Linnane  Rooting Chair Bronze James Hayes Evidence 2006 Stones on Soil 28M x 5M   Maria Casey  Blowing in the Wind White Cotton Sheets with Text   Adam May XXXY Bronze 180 X 40 X 40   Eamonn O Doherty Innishturk  (maquette for sculpture to be  placed on Innishturk Island Sept  06) Bronze   90 x 90 x 25 Greg Lynch  Ladybird Beech 85 x 81 x 108   Bettina Seitz Embrace II Stone Composite 38 x 60 x 15 Ana Duncan Venus Veriegata Bronze 33 x 16 x 30   Seamus Gill Podforms Sheet Bronze 60cm high Naomi Jobson  Dandelion Cement, Stainless Steel, Perspex 120 x 120 x 120   Ian Gallagher  The Awakening of the Woodland King Kilkenny Limestone 81 x 23 x 23   James Horan  Titles: Reflection , There Must be More,  Journey of Personal Discovery Limestone   Michael Duhan Birdgirl on Plinth Glazed Ceramic 150cm high   Liam O Neill  Supplication Redwood 193 x 49 x 49 Cliodna Cussen Cat ar Ghéag Bronze 100 x 120 x 36   Beatrice Stewart GM Cows: Buttercup, Daisy, Marigold, Rose Ciment Fondu   45 x 105 x 35  Tobi Borland  VSOP Sundial Stainless Steel, Brass 170 x 70 x 70   Susanne McKenna  Xingu Clear Resin Peter McGuire  Cupreous Series Glass 70 x 90 x 1   Alison Kay  Succulent Form Ceramic   Bob Quinn  Mischief Bronze, Stainless Steel 77cm high  Richard Healy  Rock Cactus    Kilkenny Limestone 61 x 30 x 25   Gwen Wilkinson  Pan Wire Mesh (Galvanised) Jane Jermyn  20 Standing Forms Ceramic 64 - 138cm high   Alan Magee  Nursery            Aluminium, Poly Plastic 175 x 50 x 55   Aindréas Scholz  Solitude#1 Photography Gyr Penn Pill But Cypress 45 x 45 x 45   Patrick Harte  Monoliths (Sailors of the Winds) Wood, Steel 225 x 56 x 4   Michelle Maher  Pollen Hot Spot Ceramic 32 x 150 x 150   Jonathan Macauley  Arachnoid Steel 150 x 450 x 450   Bobby Blount Solar Eclipse Kilkenny Limestone, Cararra Marble 180 x 60 x 15   Niamh Synnott  Bamboo I Stoneware 167 x 62 x 30 Nicky Hooper  Battle Nationale Perspex, Metal Rods 16 x 8  each   Billy MacDonald On the Devine Proportion III Mixed Media 90 x 90 x 90 Isabelle Peyrat  La Clef des Champs Crystal 39 x 15 x 1 Brigitta Varadi  Moss & Lichen Mixed Media  220 x 100   Eithne Roberts  Untitled Ceramic, Copper 22 x 22 each   Peter Fulop Four Seasons Oak, Porcelain, Stone 60 x 240 x 45 Debbie Paul Seed Bronze, Crystal Glass 9 x 30 x 35   Noreen Ramsay Glasshouse Reflections Series Glass, Ceramic 28 x 28 x 10 James Gannon Figs and Pyramids Limestone 45 x 45 x 45   Niall O'Neill Folded Glass Fibre Reinforced Ferro-cement 75 x 75 x 180 Juliette Cadogan Socrates Surgery Ceramic, Mixed Media   Cliodna Cussen Duilleog Fillte Limestone 150 x 30 x 36 Michael Duhan Girl on Plinth Glazed Ceramic 150cm high Leo Higgins Blue Tree Bronze, Limestone 120 x 35 x 35 Brian Lalor Urbs Series Reconstituted Stone Ian Gallagher Summer Queen Portland Stone 60 x 60 x 21   Colm Brennan Lapwings Bronze Ayelet Lalor Cree[er Ceramic 150 x 105 x 6   Brigid Corcoran Wood Deity Charred Oak 161 x 24 x 24   Karl Burke Wooden Drawings Back to Top
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