MTU Library Catalogue

Bestiary / Alice Maher.

By: Maher, Alice, 1956-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: [Dublin] : [Royal Hibernian Academy], [2007]Description: [17] p. : all ill. ; 33 cm. + pbk.Subject(s): Maher, Alice, 1956- | Bosch, Hieronymus, d. 1516. Garden of delightsDDC classification: 741.092 MAH
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The Night Garden at the RHA is an exhibition of new charcoal and pencil drawings inspired by Bosch's painting The Garden of Earthly Delights. Bosch's famous triptych depicts the history of the world and the progression of sin - its central panel abounds with scenes of enchanted carnal pleasure. The profiles of Maher's 'bestiary' (defined as a medieval book of moral fables based on real and imaginary animals) figures have been taken from amalgamated sets of animal, bird, fruit and human groupings seen in that mysterious painting of life before (or after!) the Fall of Mankind. Maher then uses decorative motifs taken from sources as diverse as Pompeian panels, eighteenth century wallpaper and contemporary headscarves, to fill in the negative spaces created by her 'beasts'. Charcoal dust pours down the surfaces of the drawings reminding us of their fragility as well as their method of production. RHA, 14th September to 28th October, 2007.