ARTISTS OF ALL KINDS
Since 2015, we have commissioned many pieces of music, poetry and scholarly commentary to address the fuller context and Irish cultural ethos embedded in many of the artworks in the Collection.
By enabling these artworks to offer moments of singular inspiration to scholars and other artists, these ‘cultural siblings’, so to speak, are able to engage with and illuminate one another in revealing and often magical ways—as you will soon see and hear.
Imagine that, like a diamond, culture has many ingredients that, while they are each distinct and discrete “facets” unto themselves (language, history, customs, literature, music, art, etc.), they each rely upon each other for their fullest expression. In the academic world, the word “interdisciplinarity” best expresses the attempt to experience these facets in concert with one another.
Aileen Dillane’s essay, from which this section takes its name–Artists of all Kinds–features an in-depth series of interviews and reflections about this project with 12 of its respondents: Linda Aldrich, Damien Connolly, Martin Dyar, Maeve Gilchrist, Kieran Jordan, Liz Knowles, Aoife Mannix, Sean Mc Comiskey, Ryan Molloy, Lillie Morris, Eileen O’Brien and Eamonn Wall.
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Eamonn Wall
RESPONSE TITLE: “Thatched Cottages by a Roadside”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Paul Henry
ORIGINAL ART: Thatched Cottages by a Roadside
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Liz Knowles
RESPONSE TITLE: “Our Own Devices”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Patrick Scott
ORIGINAL ART: Device
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Lillie Morris
RESPONSE TITLE: Wings of a Swallow
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: “Oh, Had I the Wings of a Swallow”
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Maeve Gilchrist
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Singing Harp”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: John Fletcher
ORIGINAL ART: “Shamrock table” for Cork Exhibition in 1852
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Damien Connolly with Colman Connolly
RESPONSE TITLE: “See You at the Dance”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: William Conor
ORIGINAL ART: The Melodeon Player
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Martin Dyar
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Owl Run”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Hughie O’Donoghue
ORIGINAL ART: The Owl Run
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Ryan Molloy
RESPONSE TITLE: “An Seoladh” (The Launch)
ORIGINAL ART: The Launch
ORIGINAL ARTIST (1): William Conor
ORIGINAL ARTIST (2): Linda Aldrich
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Linda Aldrich
RESPONSE TITLE: “In Tir na nÓg”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: In Tir na nÓg
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Linda Aldrich
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Launch”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: William Conor
ORIGINAL ART: The Launch
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Linda Aldrich
RESPONSE TITLE: “Harbour”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Elizabeth Magill
ORIGINAL ART: Harbour (Dun Laoghaire)
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Evelyn Conlon with Fintan Vallely
RESPONSE TITLE: “Looking at Us”
ORIGINAL ART: Singing, “Oh, Had I the Wings of a Swallow”, The Blind Fiddler, The Street Dance (a.k.a. Eleventh Night), Harbour (Dun Laoghaire), The State Ballroom, St. Patrick's Hall, Dublin Castle
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Linda Aldrich
RESPONSE TITLE: "Reverie"
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: Reverie
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Aoife Mannix
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Dreamer”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Gerard Dillon
ORIGINAL ART: The Dreamer
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Marty Fahey with Liz Carroll and Marta Cook
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Dreamer”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Gerard Dillon
ORIGINAL ART: The Dreamer
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Kieran Jordan and Sean McComiskey
RESPONSE TITLE: “Girl Dancer”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Oisin Kelly
ORIGINAL ART: Girl Dancer
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Eileen O’Brien
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Blind Fiddler”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Joseph O’Reilly
ORIGINAL ART: The Blind Fiddler
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Maureen Boyle
RESPONSE TITLE: “A Song for the Eye”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Mainie Jellett
ORIGINAL ART: Flower Forms
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Marty Fahey with Brendan Bulger and John Shine
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Proud Tenant”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Erskine Nicol
ORIGINAL ART: The Tenant (a.k.a. Castle Rackrent)
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll & Brass Lassie
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Dublin Castle Reels”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: F.J. Davis
ORIGINAL ART: The State Ballroom, (St. Patrick’s Hall) Dublin Castle
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Michael Rooney
RESPONSE TITLE: “Planxty Arthur Jones”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Arthur Jones and Sons, Dublin
ORIGINAL ART: Sofa occasional table (1851)
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll with Dáithí Sproule
RESPONSE TITLE: “A Silence”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: A Silence
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll with Jenn Butterworth
RESPONSE TITLE: “A Lane in Kerry”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: A Lane in Kerry
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll with Dáithí Sproule
RESPONSE TITLES: “Sunday Walk” and “The Little Girl on the Quay”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: Sunday (a.k.a. Sunday Walk)
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
RESPONSE TITLE: “Little Town in the Old County Down” (R. W. Pascoe, Monte Carlo and Alma Sander)
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: Singing, “Oh, Had I the Wings of a Swallow”
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll with Dáithí Sproule
RESPONSE TITLES: “The Finest Picture” / “The Railway Carriage” / “The Open Country”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART: Singing, “Oh, Had I the Wings of a Swallow”
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll with Dáithí Sproule
RESPONSE TITLE: “In the Kingdom of Kerry”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Paul Henry
ORIGINAL ART: In the Kingdom of Kerry
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Liz Carroll with Dáithí Sproule
RESPONSE TITLE: “Women of Belfast”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: F.E. McWilliam
ORIGINAL ART: Women of Belfast (3/5)
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Marty Fahey with Marta Cook
RESPONSE TITLE: “Quarantinuum”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Elizabeth Magill
ORIGINAL ART: Harbour (Dun Laoghaire)
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Seamus Egan
RESPONSE TITLE: “Multitudes”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Seán Keating
ORIGINAL ART: An Aran Woman and Her Children
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Seamus Egan
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Gathering”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: James Christopher Timbrell
ORIGINAL ART: Carolan, the Irish Bard
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Marty Fahey with Brendan and Siobhan McKinney
RESPONSE TITLE: "The Turf Bucket”
ORIGINAL ART: Late Georgian ribbed peat bucket
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: The Goodman Trio (Mick O’Brien, Aoife Ní Bhriain and Emer Mayock)
RESPONSE TITLE: “Reverie”
ORIGINAL ARTIST (1): Jack B. Yeats
ORIGINAL ART (1): Reverie
ORIGINAL ARTIST (2): Linda Aldrich
ORIGINAL ART (2): Reverie
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Natalie Haas with Jesus Cuadrado
RESPONSE TITLE: “Ahead of the Curve”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Joseph Walsh
ORIGINAL ART: Enignum bench
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: The Kane Sisters
RESPONSE TITLE: “Slan Me Go Greal (Goodbye, My Bright Love)”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: William Henry Bartlett
ORIGINAL ART: The Last Brief Voyage: A Connemara Funeral
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Joanie Madden with Gabriel Donohue
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Man who brought our Music around the World”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Rowan Gillespie
ORIGINAL ART: Bust of Paddy Maloney (Leader of The Chieftains)
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: David Munnelly
RESPONSE TITLE: “Out on the Wild Green Yonder”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Patrick Graham
ORIGINAL ART: Approaching Storm
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Laurence Nugent and Pat Broaders | Marty Fahey (composer)
RESPONSE TITLE: “Bringing Home the Turf”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: William Conor
ORIGINAL ART: Homewards
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Andrew and Mick O’Brien with Conal Early | Marty Fahey (composer)
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Old Melodeon”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Gerard Dillon
ORIGINAL ART: Man and Accordion, Connemara
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: M J Patrick with Jim Sullivan
RESPONSE TITLE: “Light Amidst Shadows”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Walter Osborne
ORIGINAL ART: In St. Stephen’s Green
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Sean, Clodagh and Orla Ryan with Marty Fahey (composer)
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Parade Banner”
ORIGINAL ART: Land League parade banner (1880)
COMMISSIONED ARTISTS: Niall and Cillian Vallely
RESPONSE TITLE: “The Session”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: JB Vallely
ORIGINAL ART: Johnny Doran with a Travelling Fiddler (a.k.a. The Session)
COMMISSIONED ARTIST: Connie Voisine
RESPONSE TITLE: “Green Migration”
ORIGINAL ARTIST: Sinéad ni Mhaonaigh
ORIGINAL ART: Teorainn no. 6 (Boundary/border/frontier)
RESPONSE TITLE: Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690–1840 – The Music
RESPONSE TITLE: Who Do We Say We Are?: Irish Art 1922–2022 – The Music