An Leabhar Mor

That Ireland shares a mythology, a rich music tradition, three languages and some significant history with Scotland is a fact of which most people are only vaguely aware. A great deal of what has been an enduring connection, however, has been glossed over or deliberately obscured. Amidst the ebb and flow of history, the Book of Kells has become a fixed symbol of the complexity and sophistication of the shared culture that produced it.

The Great Book of Gaelic is an initiative of the Gaelic Arts Agency that brings together the work of more than 200 poets, visual artists and calligraphers from Scotland and Ireland to create a major contemporary artwork in the form of a visual anthology. The 100 Gaelic poems have been nominate by leading poets and writers such as Seamus Heaney, Hamish Henderson and Alistair Macleod. The selection features work from almost every century from the 6th to the 21st and includes the earliest Gaelic poetry in existence.

A 100 visual artists – 50 from each country – were commissioned to respond to the poetry in a variety of media. The artists include Brian Maguire, Anthony Haughey, John Byrne, Alan Davie, Frances Hegarty, Mick O’Kelly, Katherine Boucher Beug, Hughie O’Donoghue, Rita Duffy, Sean Hillen, Mary Kelly, Catherine Harper, Alanna O’Kelly, Oliver Comerford and Clare Langan.

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An Leabhar Mor
The Great Book of Gaelic

mit Brian Maguire, Anthony Haughey, John Byrne, Alan Davie, Frances Hegarty, Mick O´Kelly, Katherine Boucher Beug, Hughie O´Donoghue, Rita Duffy, Sean Hillen, Mary A. Kelly, Catherine Harper, Alanna O´Kelly, Oliver Comerford, Clare Langan ...

Stationen:
11.02 - 03.03 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
06.03 - 07.03 Smithsonian Institution, Washington
10.03 - 01.04 City Art Centre, Edinburgh
01.02.05 - 23.04.05 Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork