Artists Books

Selected range of artist’s books published or made in association with public art projects.

  • Artists Books
    House Projects thumbnail
    by Aideen Barry, David Beattie, Mary Cremin, Chris Fite-Wassilak, Deirdre Morrissey, Gavin Murphy & Sonia Shiel

    House Projects was a series of seven exhibitions spanning five months over four cities, three countries, and two continents; with the participation of seven coordinators/curators, forty-nine artists and eight writers. Self initiated by prac...

  • Artists Books
    IMAN thumbnail
    by Noel Bowler

    Noel Bowler was commissioned by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in 2008 to undertake a year-long residency as part of the Place & Identity Per Cent for Art Programme. He undertook an extensive body of photographic work in the Isla...

  • Artists Books
    The Umbrella Project thumbnail
    by Rhona Byrne

    The Umbrella Project publication by artist Rhona Byrne documents an event on 11.03.06 where the public were invited to participate in a series of  walking tours ; Urban Wildlife/ Historical/ Architectural Heritage/ Docklands / Multic...

  • Artists Books
    Moving Dublin thumbnail
    by Anne Cleary & Denis Connolly

    A million everyday journeys course through the veins of Dublin, giving it life (or poisoning it?). These journeys range in scale and rhythm from the incessant and anonymous flow of motorway traffic, through the familiar trundling of a local bus jo...

  • Artists Books
    Inside Outside thumbnail
    by Catherine Delaney

    Inside-Outside is a public art collaborative project by artist Catherine Delaney for Wicklow County Council’s Per Cent For Art Programme for 2007-2008. An ephemeral based site specific project in collaboration with six members of the comm...

  • Artists Books
    The Nurse’s Home thumbnail
    by Michael Durand

    The Nurses’ Home is a photographic documentary of the Mater College of Nursing, which was built in 1954. The buildings primary function was as living quarters and lecture rooms for Mater Hospital nurses during their training. The work was...

  • Artists Books
    The Soft Edge thumbnail
    by Aileen Lambert

    The Soft Edge is the title of a public art project by artist Aileen Lambert, commissioned by Wexford County Council which centred on the townsland of Creagh, on the edge of Gorey town, Co. Wexford.

  • Artists Books
    Yesterday's Papers thumbnail
    by Sean Lynch

    Yesterday’s Papers is a publication compiled and edited by Sean Lynch. It presents an overview of newspaper coverage of art and artists in Ireland in the last fifty years, with photographs and articles drawn from national dailies and a sele...

  • Artists Books
    Staircase Poems thumbnail
    by Alice Lyons

    A collection of poems written as a year-long public art project for The Dock in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim in 2005-2006. The poems were installed on the main staircase of The Dock and in some cases on the surrounding walls of the main hall. <...

  • Artists Books
    RIVERwork(s) thumbnail
    by Christine Mackey

    RIVERwork(s) is a reflection of three related activities that engaged with a specific landscape and an eclectic range of individuals both living and dead. Contributions include: Dermot Healy – writer, Bryonie Reed – Researcher in Cultural G...

  • Artists Books
    Cherry Orchard thumbnail
    by Janet Mullarney

    Cherry Orchard (Gropina Revisited/ beasts boats and things) is an artists' book published, 2009 as part of Per Cent for Art Scheme commission for Cherry Orchard National School, Dublin, by artist Janet Mullarney  and funded by the De...

  • Artists Books
    Two Souls in One Breast thumbnail
    by Theresa Nanigian

    Two Souls in One Breast was produced in 2009, as part of a commission with Wicklow County Council and funded under Per Cent for Art Scheme.

  • Artists Books
    Hotel Ballymun thumbnail
    by Seamus Nolan

    From 31st March to the 27th of April 2007 the top floor of the Clarke Tower, one of the last remaining tower blocks in Ballymun, opened its doors to the public in the form of a unique short stay hotel. Artist Seamus Nolan was commissioned by Break...

 

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