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John Hogan, Hibernia with the Bust of Lord Cloncurry, pedestrianised academic heart of the university. Viewers are 1 List of artists 1844, marble. Belfield House invited to walk through the sculpture echoing the allegorical UCD Sculpture Trail Map nature of the work. Hogan (b.Waterford 1800–d.1858) was a leading Irish sculptor 1 John Hogan working in Rome from 1824–1849. Lord Cloncurry a prominent Rowan Gillespie, Judgement, 2013 Bronze, 2 Brian O’Doherty (Patrick Ireland) 6 patron of the arts in Ireland commissioned ‘Hibernia with the Bust Sutherland School of Law 3 Conor Fallon of Lord Cloncurry’ from the artist in spring 1841. The work finally arrived in Ireland in 1846 and was exhibited to great acclaim Rowan Gillespie (b.1953, Dublin) is one of Ireland’s most 4 Jason Ellis prolific and successful sculptures. He has completed numerous Roebuck Road Clonskeagh Road at the Royal Exchange (now the City Hall). It entered the UCD 5 Catherine Green, collection with the purchase of Lyons House in 1963. The work commissions in Ireland and across the world. His Famine figures 6 Rowan Gillespie is one of the finest examples of Irish neoclassical sculpture. on the Liffey Quays are well known to Dubliners. Gillespie studied in the UK and Norway. ‘Judgement’ is based on a small sculpture 7 Daniel DeChenu Brian O’Doherty (Patrick Ireland), Newman’s Razor, he made in 1991 in response to a philosophical argument about 2 8 Thomas Glendon 1972, polished steel. Courtyard, Belfield House the Iraq war. This work was donated to UCD by Peter Sutherland. 9 Paddy Campbell 9 25 O’Doherty (b. 1935, Roscommon) is a conceptual artist and art Daniel DeChenu, Wisdom, 2003, bronze and stone. Arts Annex 7 10 William Moelwyn Merchant critic of international repute. He studied medicine in UCD and Quinn School (Hannah Sheehy- Skeffington Building) 11 Colm Brennan science at Harvard, while also making art works. Based in New York 13 Water DeChenu (b.1961, Dublin) started his career as a documentary 13 since 1960, O’Doherty has produced a series of works that reflect William Moelwyn Merchant, Untitled, c.1980, slate. Roebuck Tower 12 Conor Fallon photographer but his current practise encompasses video, 10 Residences his interest in the ancient Irish ogham alphabet. Arts Annex 4 photography, sound, text and sculpture. Donated by Professor Belgrove 13 Micheal Warren 1111 Micheal MacCormac and his wife in 2003, the sculpture concerns Moelwyn Merchant (b.1913 Wales–d.1997) was a poet and Student Residences 34 14 Rowan Gillespie Conor Fallon, Horse, 1994, stainless steel. 10 3 itself with learning and the acquisition of knowledge in an Glenomena Residences academic, who served also as an Anglican priest. He turned to 15 Ken Drew 1414 UCD Sports academic environment. sculpture late in his life. His abstract forms were influenced by Fosters Avenue 1212 16 35 Centre 16 Jarlath Daly Fallon (b.1939, Wexford–d.2007) was one of the country’s best the work of his friend, the English sculptor Barbara Hepworth. known sculptors of animals. In his work the influence of synthetic Thomas Glendon, Iphigenia, 1984, granite. 17 Paddy O’Sullivan 8 UCD Quinn School James Joyce UCD Student cubism is evident, as is Fallon’s interest in the ancient art of the Main Restaurant Colm Brennan, Rotations in Space, 1986, painted Merville 5 of Business Library 28 25 11 7 17 Centre 18 Carolyn Mulholland classical world. Like Moelwyn Merchant, whose work is also in steel. Humanities Institute of Ireland, Courtyard Residences 29 Glendon (b.1947, Ireland) trained in his father’s stone yard in south Sutherland Newman 15 32 19 Carolyn Mulholland the collection, he was friendly with the British sculptor Barbara School of Law 15 county Dublin and later trained with Michael Biggs. This work was Brennan (b.1943, Mayo) was a founding member of the 6 Building Hepworth. 6 33 20 Minoru Niizuma the result of a Stone Symposium in the Dublin mountains in 1984. Sculptors’ Society of Ireland and is a director of CAST Bronze 8 1919 UCD Science 18 22 Centre UCD Health Pavillion 21 Joe McCaul Iphigenia, the daughter of Agamemnon, was sacrificed to enable the Foundry, Dublin. The first version of this work was made at a Tierney Jason Ellis, Figurehead, 2008, Kilkenny limestone. Lake Sciences Centre 4 Greek fleet to sail for the siege of Troy. Steel Symposium in 1983 held at the Arklow shipbuilding yard. 9 20 Building 27 26 22 Giorgio Zennaro Roebuck Residences 3 21 31 The massive series of interlocating discs were originally positioned UCD Engineering Charles 23 Bob Quinn Ellis (b.1965, Cornwall, England) studied sculpture in England Paddy Campbell, Wind and Water, 2013, Bronze, near the main restaurant. Glenomena 23 Institute 9 and Materials and trained as a conservator. He moved to Ireland in 1994 and Main Restaurant Student UCD Centre 24 30 24 Michael Warren Science Centre Conor Fallon, Chanticleer, 1991, stainless steel. Residences for Research in O’Reilly Hall Conway set up a successful conservation practice. Since 2007 he has Paddy Campbell (b. 1942, Dublin) studied sculpture in the 12 25 Carolyn Mulholland Belgrove Residences Belfield House Infectious diseases Institute devoted himself fulltime to making sculpture. The work, over Academy, Florence after a long and successful business career. 26 Rachel Joynt Nova UCD 22 1 7 metres high, was commissioned for the Roebuck Residence Though still based in Dublin, Campbell works primarily out of Fallon drew inspiration from nature and particularly wild life. 27 Eamonn Ceannt buildings. It reflects Ellis’s interest in the work of the early his studio near Santa Croce, Florence. He has undertaking many The Chanticleer or cockerel is mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Veterinary Hospital 28 Eilis O’Connell modernist sculptor Constantin Brancusi. commissions both in Ireland and Italy. His work is concerned Tales as the finest of its breed and the inherent pride of the bird Sports Ground with the human figure and ‘Wind and Water’ encapsulates is reflected in Fallon’s use of material. 29 Louise McIntyre Catherine Green, Portal, 2013 Bronze, 5 his emotional and romantic approach. ‘Wind and Water’ was Stillorgan Main Entrance 30 Craig Blackwell Sutherland School of Law Micheal Warren, Through Way, 1991, corten steel < donated to UCD by Setanta Art Ltd. 13 and wood. Belgrove Residences 31 Corban Walker Donnybrook > Catherine Greene (b.1960) graduated in sculpture from NCAD Stillorgan Dual Carriageway 32 Corban Walker in 1984. She is an established figurative sculpture working Warren (b.1950, Gorey) is an abstract sculptor who often works in bronze and latterly mixed media and lives and works in 33 Mark Ryan with an architectural setting. Presented by architects Burke, county Kildare. ‘Portal’ was specially commissioned for the Kennedy Doyle and Partners in 1991 and positioned beside 34 Jill Pitko UCD Sutherland School of Law and marks the transition from a metal bridge, this sculpture concerns itself with gravity and 35 Kevin O’Dwyer the outer residential and support areas of the campus into the bears a resemblance to his work at Wood Quay in Dublin. 6 15 Rowan Gillespie, The Age of Freedom, 1992, bronze. Minoru Niizuma, Untitled, 1978, marble. Craig Blackwell, Life-Force, Steel and Epoxy Resin, 14 20 30 Belgrove Residences Tierney Building Charles Institute Gillespie (b.1953, Dublin) trained as a sculptor in Britain before Niizuma (b.1930, Tokyo) was educated in Japan and America. Blackwell was born in Scotland and lives and works in county establishing his workshop and foundry in Dublin in 1977. This is The scuptor was invited to Ireland for Meitheal’78, where he Meath. He is currently completing a MA in sculpture in NCAD. one in his series of attenuated androgynous figures that can be carried out this work. The artist was captivated by the inherent ‘Life-Force’ is a fusion of cutting edge industrial techniques found in locations both in and outside the city. beauty in Irish stone and wished to uncover its hidden qualities. used by the aviation and maritime industries with an aesthetic sensibility and sensitive affinity to its immediate surroundings. Ken Drew, Growth Spiral, 2012 Polished Concrete, Joe McCaul (b.1954, Cavan), Bust of James Joyce, 30 5 15 21 James Joyce Library 1982, Bronze, Tierney Building Corban Walker, Grid Stack 2/6, 2007, low iron glass and 31 clear float glass. Health Science Library Ken Drew lives and works in Blackrock,Dublin and is active McCaul, who studied in NCAD, was head designer at the Royal Rachel Joynt, Noah’s Egg, 2004, bronze. both as a teacher and artist. He works in a variety of materials Tara China and this bust formed the model for commemorative 26 Walker has been making work in glass in recent years. This including wood, aluminium, copper, bronze and composites china busts produced by the company to celebrate the centenary O’Reilly Hall sculpture is part of his translucent series of grid works, which take 34 from small studio pieces to larger outdoor forms. ‘Growth Spiral’ of Joyces’ birth. James Joyce is one of the most illustrious Joynt (b.1966, Kerry) was commissioned by leading horse-trainer the form of stacked alternating layers of different types of glass. draws its inspiration from plant growth patterns and in particular, graduates of UCD, studying here from 1898 to 1902. Dermot Weld to make this sculpture for the new Veterinary Corban Walker, Chair, c.1988, wood. Main Restaurant, phototropism where the plant follows the path of the sun. Medicine building. The quote beside the piece ‘Omne vivum ex ovo’ 32 Giorgio Zennaro, Forme in Mutazione, c.1987-1990, Ground Floor, Health Sciences We would like to thank Aidan Grannell, Tadgh Corcoran, ‘Growth Spiral’s sinuous form reflects this concern.