James Coleman is one of Ireland’s greatest artists. He has achieved international acclaim, having exhibited extensively since the 1970s. According to Krauss, Coleman’s work belongs to a ‘post-medium age’, a period where the traditional media of painting and sculpture were rejected in favour of alternative modes of expression. One only needs to think of [...]
Guido Anselmi, the main character in 8½, has often been described as Fellini’s alter-ego. The director’s eighth production (hence the name of the film) is a dreamy and poetic account of a filmmaker’s creative block, and it is also, arguably, a journey into his personality. This is quite accurate in that most of Fellini’s [...]
Unless you have been under a rock for the past few months, you may have noticed a change in modern life. And because of the situation, art has been affected by this too. So what does this mean for art now? Whilst a lot of people have time on their hands and not falling [...]
In a Lisbon slum a woman arrives to mourn the death of her long absent husband. By day she gradually attempts to fix his dilapidated home but by night she struggles to come to terms with his sudden disappearance while they lived in the Portuguese colony back in Cape Verde. Things are in stasis: [...]
Every aspect of Robert Eggers and Jarin Blaschke’s surrealist work ‘The Lighthouse’ pushes limits. From its dark humour to its physical claustrophobia, the film continuously pushes us away and then pulls us back in. Released by A24 studios, ‘The Lighthouse’ depicts a lighthouse keeper (Willem Dafoe) and a seasonal worker (Robert Pattinson) who must [...]
