The Moderns
The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s
Enrique Juncosa and Christina Kennedy
Irish Museum of Modern Art
English
Edited by Enrique Juncosa and Christina Kennedy
Hardcover
Comes with slip jacket
596 pages
245 x 301 mm
2011
ISBN 9781907020490
The Moderns presents a survey of Irish Art from the 1900s to the 1970s, covering the whole period of what is widely referred to as Modernism. It is a period which extends from Roderic O’Conor and William Leech to Sean Scully and James Coleman. During these years the idea of progress was unquestionable, generating constant and radical formal innovations in the arts giving rise to movements such as Cubism, Expressionism, Surrealism and different forms of abstraction. This course began to change in the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the appearance of Conceptual Art, when meaning was seen as something as important as form, a situation which still pertains today. It has very often been said that Modernism did not really happen in Ireland, but clearly a lot of the best art produced here demonstrates a knowledge and awareness of international ideas, even if those were filtered through or tinted with local myths, beliefs, traditions, history or politics.
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IMMA is Ireland’s National Cultural Institution for Modern and Contemporary Art. Our diverse and ambitious programme comprises exhibitions, commissions and projects by leading Irish and international artists, as well as a rich engagement and learning programme which together provides audiences of all ages the opportunity to connect with contemporary art and unlock their creativity.
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