Negotiating images of home and awayVISUAL ART: JOHN NOEL SMITH’s abstract paintings in hisPandect series, at Hillsboro Fine Art, are beautiful things. Visually they’re not at all complicated. Central panels, inscribed with networks of cross-hatched linear marks of a single colour on a paler ground, are flanked by two flat-painted, monochrome panels. There are some variations and elaborations on this basic scheme, but not many. It might sound quite minimal and uninvolving, not something likely to offer much in the way of visual goodies.
Putting the art into artisanINTERIORS: Small spaces can be home to big ideas – and even medium-sized families, as artists Madeleine Moore and Oliver Comerford proved when they renovated a tiny Dublin cottage and made it their own, writesGEMMA TIPTON
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Making sure art stays visibleIn the current ‘adverse economic climate’ for Irish artists and gallery owners, the decision of the RDS to expand its scope with Art Fair 09 is a reason for optimism
Taking the Long view of an ideal worldVISUAL ART: JORGENSEN FINE ART is well settled into its Herbert St premises. It may not be quite as opulent as Molesworth St, but that probably gives it an edge as an exhibition venue.
