John Burke was one of Ireland's most innovative and influential sculptors of the 20th Century. This exhibition aims to reignite interest and awareness in his own home town; Clonmel.
The exhibition will be composed of a number of maquettes of key projects, as well as a newly commissioned 6 x 8ft photograph of Red Cardinal in situ. Many of the pieces in this show will be on exhibit for the first time, offering audiences a unique opportunity to engage with the work of one of Ireland’s masters of modernist sculpture and public art.
Artists Vivienne Roche, Maud Cotter, Eilis O' Connell, Danny McCarthy and Sean Lynch feature in this special episode, as well as well known art historian Vera Ryan, and we thank them for sharing their thoughts on the great man and his influence on them and on the landscape of Irish art.
The exhibition runs at South Tipperary Arts Centre until Saturday 19th September.
www.southtippartscentre.ie
With thanks to Creative Ireland for their support in this project.
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This project has received funding under the Tipperary Creative Ireland Programme 2020
