Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Rowan Gillespie

Very creative Irish sculptor. Above, Libby of Liechtenstein, 2010.

Jersey Girl, 2010. ("Sister" of Libby of Liechtenstein)

Dutch Dolmen, 2001.

Victims, 2004.

Looking for Orion, 2005.

Migrants, Toronto, 2006.

Of this work Gillespie wrote,
While working on the Famine sculpture for Dublin, of course my mind often turned to considering what would be the fate of this bedraggled group - how many of them would even survive the crossing? I became fascinated by the fact that, in spite of ill health, so many women became pregnant during the long months at sea. This concept of the new life in a new land became the initial inspiration for the Arrival series; a pregnant woman. . . .
My post on his Famine Memorial is here. More at the artist's web site.

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