19 New Works Added to Arts Council Collection

The Arts Council is delighted to announce that it has added 19 new works to its Collection which will be seen by audiences across the country. The artists whose work has now been added to the Collection are Sven Anderson, Eamon Doyle, Rachel Fallon, Ruth Le Gear, Marielle MacLeman, Vukašin Nedeljković, Séamus Nolan, Miriam O’Connor, Doireann O’Malley and Vagabond Reviews.

These art works will be added to the over 1,100 works of modern and contemporary Irish art in the Collection and mark the latest additions to the Council’s long history of purchasing excellent and ambitious works of art that reflects the practise of artists working in Ireland today.

Comprising works across sculpture, photography, video and multimedia installations the new purchases are drawn from across the spectrum of contemporary visual arts practice and will be accessible to public audiences throughout the country as part of the Arts Council Collection’s ongoing programme of exhibitions, loans and projects.

List of works acquired:

Sven Anderson, When I go home, I cut through, 2018

Eamon Doyle, Untitled 4 from the series i, 2013

END. Box, 2015

Rachel Fallon, Aprons of Power, 2018

Ruth Le Gear, Drop, 2018

Marielle MacLeman, The streets, our brushes, 2019

Armand’s Carpet, 2019

Vukašin Nedeljković, Athlone DP Centre, Athlone (2), (from Asylum Archive 2012-2016)

The Towers DP Centre, Dublin (1) (from Asylum Archive 2012-2016)

New light House DP Centre, Dublin (2) (from Asylum Archive 2012-2016)

Seamus Nolan, 10th President