Portraits of Olwen Fouéré, Bob Geldof and Brian O’Driscoll by Kevin Abosch are among the works on display in the New Portraits show now on at the National Gallery of Ireland. The exhibition brings together recently acquired works in a variety of media: Michael Scott by Norah McGuinness; Dr Anthony Cronin by Patrick Swift; two photographs of Samuel Beckett by John Haynes; a bronze head of Dr Bethel Solomons Senior by Sir Jacob Epstein; an oil portrait of Michael Longley by Colin Davidson, and a very moving image of the much loved Seamus Heaney, by Jackie Nickerson. Most of the works featured in this display have been specifically acquired for the National Portrait Collection.
Kevin Abosch is an Irish artist, based in Paris, who specialises in portrait photography, and counts many of the world’s most distinguished political and cultural figures among his sitters. His work will be familiar through his striking series of large-scale photographs on display at Dublin Airport. The exhibition continues until February 9.
Jackie Nickerson (b.1960) Seamus Heaney (1939-2013), Poet, Playwright, Translator, Nobel Laureate, 2007
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© Jackie Nickerson. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland
Kevin Abosch (b.1969)
Olwen Fouéré, Actor, Writer, Theatre Artist, 2012 © Kevin Abosch