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CIRCA 112, Summer 2005 Editorial Update + obituary Front cover: Mark O'Kelly: New Amsterdam, oil on linen, 2004 Purchase a PDF-format, downloadable copy of this issue. Click here.

Feature articles

Dorothy Cross and the Art of Dispossession Mining a Quarry: Stabat Mater by Dorothy Cross The Multitude: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland at the 2005 Venice Biennale As Venice once again beckons, there's a new kid on the canal: Northern Ireland. Declan Long looks here at what both parts of Ireland will be offering at this year's Biennale. Disciplining the Avant Garde: the United States versus the Critical Art Ensemble In the United States, one private tragedy last year triggered an Orwellian chain of repressive official responses. In this article, Gregory Sholette describes the dynamic that may now characterise the American state and its attitude to artist–led 'political' intervention. Portraiture and Social Context – A Case Study The exhibitionof a portait of a convicted killer in Dublin in 2003 was held to be offensive by many Maggie Deignan examines the context and the reactions.

Reviews

Carlow: The Institute of Potential, Art and Failure Derry: Jacqueline Saloum at Void Gallery Letterkenny: Caroline McCarthy: WindowWall Limerick: ev+a Clonmel: Ann Mulrooney and Ciara Healy at STAC Herzliya: The Belfast Way at Hezliya Museum of Art Dublin: Isabel Nolan at Project Dublin: Madeleine Moore at Pallas Heights Dublin: Mark Manders at Irish Museum of Modern Art Belfast: Cahal McLaughlin at Catalyst London: Mairéad McClean at University of Greenwich Limerick: Mark O'Kelly (and Sarah Pierce) at Limerick City Gallery of Art Limerick: Mark O'Kelly at Limerick City Gallery of Art Dublin: Royal Art Lodge at Douglas Hyde Gallery Art Spiegelman: In the Shadow of No Towers Belfast: Visonic at Ormeau Baths Gallery Cork: Visual Practices across the University at Lewis Glucksman Gallery

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