Once again we’re showcasing the latest work created by members of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland. Each member has submitted one of their best illustrations from the previous 2 months, either commissioned or personal. Follow the link below to see all this month’s entries. (more…)
Cheap as Chips is a mixed-media exhibition of affordable art, illustration and installation which opens this evening from pm—8pm in Circus in the Powerscourt Townhouse and will run until the 29th of February. All artwork for sale instore and online for the duration of the show at a maximum cost of €99.99
Contributors include:
Henrik Vibskov, Celestine Cooney, David Kitt, Conor & David, Rich Gilligan, Gavin Murphy, Harry Malt, Steve Ryan, Cliona O’Flaherty, John O’Reilly, Colm Mac Athlaoich, Eoghan Kidney, Swollen Design, Arms, George Brennan, Fergal Brennan, Mono.Kultur, Reality Studio, JP Keating, Dublin Streets, David Timmons, Chris Judge, Rob Benson
A quick mention for Roddy Doyle’s creative writing centre Fighting Words which opened this month in Dublin and is eager for creative volunteers. Taking its inspiration from David Eggers’ 826 Valencia, the centre pairs volunteer professional writers with local children. While there doesn’t seem to be a plan as yet for a pirate shop or superhero store as in the US versions, it sounds like an exciting project. Here’s Eggers’ TED talk on the project. Illustrators Ireland is hoping to help out. Here’s Monday’s Irish Times article on the centre.
Here’s last weekend’s Guardian interview with Oliver Jeffers. His most recent book is The Great Paper Caper. There is also a gallery of some of his illustrations here.
Coming soon we have a solo show from Illustrator and artist Brian Coldrick.
‘Shrunken Head’ opens in Dublin’s Monster Truck Gallery & Studio on Thursday 6th February and runs until Tuesday 17th February. The gallery is closed for renovations at the moment but is re-opening with Brian’s first solo show, were his long standing obsession with sloths has led him to the world of the shrunken head…naturally!
Part two of the Barry’s ‘Tea With…..’ cultural series takes place at the end of this month. We covered fashion last time round (see below for a reminder). This time Barry’s Tea teams up with those creative kids at Monstertruck Gallery and Studio, Francis St to bring the very talented Graham Rawle to Dublin. Graham is most well renowned for his farcical illustrated series ‘Lost Consonants’, in The Weekend Guardian for over 15 years but has also published a few amazing illustrated novels too.
Don’t miss this opportunity for ‘Tea With…. Graham’ in the relaxing environs of the RHA on Ely place, on Thursday 29th from 6.30pm.
X-rite have a wee bit of Friday fun to test your colour awareness. Drag and drop the colors in each row to arrange them by hue order. The first and last color chips are fixed. Click on “Score Test” when done. Let us know if you manage a perfect score. Thanks to Scalder for sending this in.
Fantagraphics have a great video and photo slide show on Flickr for Beasts! Book 2. There’s also one for Beasts! Book 1 as well as a few sets of images from associated events.
Pourquoi Pas? is the only international periodical dedicated to fashion illustration and edited by one of Europe’s leading fashion artists, David Downton. Issue 2 features legendary artists from the golden age of fashion illustration such as René Gruau and René Bouché and inspiring contemporary artists including François Berthoud and Gladys Perint Palmer.
Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art is a new book by Norman Hathaway that reappraises that oft-maligned illustration technique. In this Eye Blog article Hathaway discusses the book, and on his website you can see video interviews with some of the artists. illy credit: Yasei Jidai.
