I’d already wandered around the grounds of Mandalay House for more than an hour. I Imagined spaces full of celebration and laughter, then quiet contemplative souls seeking the healing salve of a peaceful garden juxtaposed with the focus of the gardener creating, shaping and nurturing. … and then I saw her. She did not move […]
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Do you find mannequins a little disturbing but can’t help stare at them waiting for a blink, or twitch or some give-away that there’s something more than just paint and plastic? Then I know you’d enjoy Nina Ventura’s mannequin transformations. This image is from her exhibition at last year’s SALA festival at the Adelaide Convention […]
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Tibbot Bourke, the first Viscount of Mayo was a ruthlessly proud man so Irish legends tell. One evening at dinner, Tibbot’s wife Maeve mused how her brother Shane O’Connor was a stronger man than her husband. In his resulting rage Tibbot sought the man accused of being his better and they fought to the death. […]
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Penny is really ‘out there’. She’s been working hard in Penneys Stores Galway for some time now and she is beginning to get noticed. At first customers did not see her or if they noticed something at all it was some vague form underneath the latest impossible to wear fashion offering. Over time she began […]
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Mo’s cool. He’s been hanging around Hindley Street for a few years now so he almost seems part of the furniture. When I first met Mo he caught me completely by surprise. Not his fault though as I should really have been looking where I was going. Being the gentleman he is thought he did […]
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