Fresh Irish eyes: Worldly art from Ireland in SOFA exhibit dispels cliches

Chicago Sun-Times | November 10, 2006| | Copyright

The phrase "Irish art and craft" conjures up a steaming soup- kettle of stereotypes: woven woolens, Celtic knots and crosses, landscape paintings with rural cottages and grazing sheep.

But "Forty Shades of Green," a special exhibit at this weekend's SOFA Chicago -- the 13th annual exposition of sculpture objects and functional art at Navy Pier -- suggests that the art of Ireland has moved well beyond tradition and nostalgia.

In the show, curated by Brian Kennedy for the Crafts Council of Ireland, 40 art-makers whisper their Irishness rather than shout it. In many cases trained in European ...

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