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Category: Artist Interviews

Interview with Irish Artist, Fiona Gillespie

Posted on July 5, 2021July 11, 2021 by lisalorraineh

Fiona Gillespie is a young Irish artist from Cork and a recent graduate from the Limerick School of Art and Design. Her work is a colourful concoction from which emerges monster heads, anthropomorphic creatures, and weird vegetation.  The almost ‘kitsch’ style is loud and unapologetic with pure saturated colour reminiscent of psychedelic art. However, the… Continue reading

An Interview with Irish Artist Alan Doyle (& My Thoughts on Outsider Art)

Posted on May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 by lisalorraineh

In 2013, the rugby analyst and outsider art enthusiast Brent Pope hosted an RTE documentary on outsider artists in Ireland. I only became aware of this program last year. However, I was very excited to see a TV program celebrating talented and creative Irish individuals outside the mainstream art market. Outsider art (for those who… Continue reading

The Elaborate Visual Fantasies by Lisette Knutsen

Posted on May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 by lisalorraineh

Lisette Knutsen is a Swedish artist who creates obsessively and continuously. Her work is mostly drawings using watercolour paints and black ink on white paper. When you look at one of Knutsen’s drawings, you instantly feel overwhelmed. You are uncertain whether or not you should be horrified, mystified, or grateful that you had the opportunity… Continue reading

An Interview with Artist, Sinead McKillican

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 by lisalorraineh

Sinead McKillican is a recent graduate from the Limerick School of Art and Design; she was a year below me in the painting department. I remember our regular conversations, which seemed to always get quite deep on the topic of spiritualism, Jung, and personal growth. Her studio space in college was always unique, fitted with… Continue reading

Hearing from the Artist Mo Riza

Posted on April 30, 2021May 2, 2021 by lisalorraineh

Mo Riza is a New York-based artist who works a professional career during the day. Yet, in the early hours of the morning, he vanishes into his home studio and creates wonderful visionary paintings using cheap household paint and rolls of constructive paper. The visual imagery he creates stems from a fantastic world and depicts… Continue reading

  • Contemporary Visionary Culture & Psychedelic Art
  • Interview with Irish Artist, Fiona Gillespie
  • An Interview with Irish Artist Alan Doyle (& My Thoughts on Outsider Art)
  • Ernst Fuchs and Fantastic Realism
  • The Elaborate Visual Fantasies by Lisette Knutsen

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