Irish President to see complexities of Irish cultural life through art
PA 88/12 Art and national identity are to be seen in a fresh light with the launch of Ireland on Show, exploring how Ireland displayed its art from the late eighteenth to the early 20th-century. This new book, by Fintan Cullen , Professor of Art History at The University of Nottingham, presents a new view of important cultural dimensions in Irish life. The author has even been invited to present a copy to the President of Ireland. The book's launch in Ireland takes place on April 3 at the Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane , with the Irish Minister for Education and Skills Ruairķ Quinn as guest speaker. Cultural complexity. Ireland on Show: Art, Union and Nationhood , published by Ashgate, analyses the impact of the display of art as a significant political and cultural feature in the make-up of 19th-century Ireland — and how Ireland was viewed beyond its own shores, in particular, Great Britain and the United States. One aspect of the book examines how different political regimes are reflected in what museums and art galleries display.
