Catherine Barron’s piece, ‘Prescription’, is included in ‘Muscles and Mind’, an exhibition running at the Waterford Art Gallery until November 26th.
The revival of the modern Olympic Games by Pierre De Coubertin embodied the idea of the marriage between ‘Art and sport, muscles and mind’. The exhibition brings together work by contemporary artists with work from the Waterford Art Collection by the likes of Jack B Yeats, Stella Steyn, John Lavery and Letitia Hamilton, artists who competed for Ireland at the Olympics from 1924-48.
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Image: Catherine Barron, ‘Prescription’, acrylic ink on vintage book cover, 32 x 27cm
The revival of the modern Olympic Games by Pierre De Coubertin embodied the idea of the marriage between ‘Art and sport, muscles and mind’. The exhibition brings together work by contemporary artists with work from the Waterford Art Collection by the likes of Jack B Yeats, Stella Steyn, John Lavery and Letitia Hamilton, artists who competed for Ireland at the Olympics from 1924-48.
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Image: Catherine Barron, ‘Prescription’, acrylic ink on vintage book cover, 32 x 27cm
July 25, 2024
