Duffy takes over RUA / Dennett to Arts Council and Kelly to VAI / Hirst drips / Fonz in bronze (Friday 28 September 2007)
Rita Duffy new president of RUA
Rita Duffy, well known chronicler in paint of the tougher side of Irish society, the Troubles included, is to be the new President of the Royal Ulster Academy in Belfast. There is talk that the RUA may set up its own premises, perhaps along the lines of the RHA in Dublin (or indeed the RA in London), but for the moment it can perhaps be considered the 'anchor tenant' of the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast. Indeed, there was much debate last year about the possibility of the RUA running the Ormeau Baths Gallery, following its sudden closure earlier in 2006; there was a groundswell of opinion at that time against the idea.
In the current issue of Circa, Vikki Bell brings together the work of Duffy and Argentinian artist Daniel García.
People on the move
We reported a while back that Toby Dennett was moving on from his post of Director of Visual Artists Ireland. It emerged more recently that he is taking up a position with the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Meanwhile, Noel Kelly, who has been Curator at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, is to take up Dennett's position at VAI.
Damien Hirst's Leaky Cow
compiled by Marthe Leach
There is no better way to say it - Damien Hirst's works have the occasional tendency to fall apart. Last year he had to replace the rotting shark in The Physical impossibility of death in the mind of someone living, and now his piece Mother and child, divided needs to be repaired as well. Mother and child, divided consists of a cow and calf, bisected and in four tanks filled with formaldehyde. Only one of the tanks was found to be leaking, but all four were send to Hirst's studio in London from the collection of the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo for repair.
The epitome of cool - in Milwaukee, WI
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| Henry Winkler and Ron Howard in "Happy Days." Image held here |
Actor, director, author, and producer Henry Winkler has accomplished a lot in his lifetime. He has a master's degree from Yale, two beautiful children, and a lot of friends in high places. He has had his hands in dozens of hit films and television shows and has co-authored several successful children's books. However, despite all that he has done, Winkler will always be remembered for his leather jacket, thumbs up, and repetitive recitation of the phrase "aaay." And if Visit Milwaukee, a nonprofit tourism promoter for the city, has anything to say about it, Winkler will be immortalized as his character of the Fonz by the means of a giant bronze statue placed downtown.
The Fonz- Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli -was the highschool dropout ladies' man of the show Happy days, a nostalgic take on the '50s and early '60s set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fonzie, who originally had a very small role, soon became a favorite character and stole the show. Happy days ran from 1974 to 1984 and then spawned several spinoffs, including laverne & Shirley and Joanie loves Chachi, which Winkler guest-starred on, reprising his roll as the Fonz.
TV Land, a channel that broadcasts reruns of popular shows from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, gave Visit Milwaukee the idea to commemorate one of its most beloved characters in bronze. TV Land has donated six statues of well-known characters to six different cities throughout the United States. However, TV Land will not be donating this statue, and Visit Milwaukee has taken on the task of raising the $85,000 that will make it possible.
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| A statue that TV Land donated of Mary Richards from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." Image held here |
Four artists have been contacted about this project and one will be chosen by the end of next month, says Dave Fantle, the vice president of public relations for Visit Milwaukee. The organization hopes to have the statue completed by next year and says that the dedication ceremony, to which Winkler has agreed to come, will be a tourism draw for the city.
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