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Taylor Galleries
Taylor Galleries is a contemporary commercial art gallery in Dublin, Ireland. History Taylor Galleries opened in July 1978 ostensibly as a continuation of the Dawson Gallery – a gallery established by Leo Smith in 1944. John Taylor – who worked with the Dawson Gallery since 1964 – continued to run the Dawson Gallery after founder Leo Smith's death in 1977, until the gallery closed in 1978. Taylor opened Taylor Galleries in its place in the same year at 6 Dawson Street. In 1990, Taylor Galleries relocated to smaller premises at 34 Kildare Street, re-designed by the architect Ross Cahill O'Brien, before moving up the road to the current space at 16 Kildare Street in 1996. Today the gallery is managed by John Taylor and his brother Patrick Taylor. Description Taylor Galleries exhibits and sells contemporary and twentieth-century painting, sculpture, print and works on paper by select artists, mostly Irish, who are represented by the gallery. Throughout the year it moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin 2
Dublin 2, also rendered as D2 and D02, is a historic List of Dublin postal districts, postal district on the Southside, Dublin, southside of Dublin, Ireland. In the 1960s, this central district became a focus for office development. More recently, it became a focus for urban residential development. The district saw some of the heaviest fighting during Ireland's Easter Rising. Area profile Dublin 2 lies entirely within the Dublin Bay South (Dáil constituency), Dublin Bay South constituency of the Irish parliament, the Dáil Éireann, Dáil. The postcode consists of most of the southern city centre and its outer edges. It is the most affluent of the four postcodes that make up the bulk of inner city Dublin. The others being D1, D7, and D8. It is also among the most affluent of all 22 traditional Dublin postal districts and is one of the most affluent in the country. Notable places D2 includes Merrion Square, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College, Temple Bar, Dublin, Temple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian King (sculptor)
Brian King (13 October 1942 – 16 April 2017) was an Irish sculptor. He mostly worked in large-scale metal sculptures in an abstract, minimalist style, as well as in environmental art and land art. Early life Brian King was born in Dublin in 1942. He graduated from National College of Art and Design (NCAD, Dublin) in 1963. Career King participated in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art from 1964 to 1978, winning the Carroll Award there in 1965. He was the event's presiding officer from 1968 to 1978. In 1969 and 1983 he represented Ireland at the Paris Biennale; he won the Biennale's major individual prize in 1969, the first Irish artists to do so. His early work was minimalist and was compared to J. S. Bach's music. He taught at NCAD from 1984 to 2004, becoming head of the sculpture department. Holdings King produced many pieces of public art, found around Ireland. King's work is also held in many public collections, including those of Dublin's Hugh Lane Municipal Galle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
