David Lunney’s artistic practice involves the undertaking of protracted art processes. Typically, these processes start with the construction of site-specific sculptural works in Dublin Mountains. These sculptures are generally created less for their inherent value but rather to provide photographic source material for documentary artworks. The resulting documentary artworks can take the form of prints, drawings or photographs. These images are rendered, framed and presented in a fashion which intentionally obscures and embellishes the original object and moment that they represent.
Rónán Ó Raghallaigh’s art explores storytelling and belief from a postcolonial perspective. His work responds to Irish mythology, folklore and ritual, interwoven with personal and shared histories. Layers of myth and narrative imbued in the Irish landscape are integral to the work, with an emphasis on Rónán’s familial locality of the Wicklow-Kildare borderlands.
Image: David Lunney, Silver Thicket, RHA Ashford Gallery, 2024, Installation photography Kate Bowe O’Brien.
