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==Works==
==Works==
[[File:The Axe (and the Waving Girl), Dublin, October 2010 (02).JPG|thumb|right|The Axe (and the Waving Girl) by Alice Maher, 2003]]
[[File:The Axe (and the Waving Girl), Dublin, October 2010 (02).JPG|thumb|right|The Axe (and the Waving Girl) by Alice Maher, 2003]]
Alice Maher is a contemporary Irish artist who works in a wide range of media, often from outside the tradition of fine art and more from the natural and domestic world, such as hair, nettles, bees, thorns.<ref>[http://journals.gold.ac.uk/make.html ''Women Artists Slide Library Journal'' '''22''' (April–May 1988). Retrieved 5 November 2014]</ref> More recently she returns to her roots in drawing and videos of her drawings. She has been adventurous in her explorations of themes of childhood and death, such as ''Mnemosyne'', 2003, wherein she creates a bedlike structure constructed from refrigerator coils; when the coils become frosty they gleam a brilliant, luminous white sheen.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Circa: c104: Summer 2003 – Alice Maher, Mnemosyne|url = http://circaartmagazine.website/summer-2003-alice-maher-mnemosyne/|website = circaartmagazine.website|accessdate = 2015-10-13}}</ref> She is interested in how identities, particularly gendered identities, are constructed from the peculiar texture history and culture give to artefacts that surround us.
Alice Maher is a contemporary Irish artist who works in a wide range of media, often from outside the tradition of fine art and more from the natural and domestic world, such as hair, nettles, bees, thorns.<ref>[http://journals.gold.ac.uk/make.html ''Women Artists Slide Library Journal'' '''22''' (April–May 1988). Retrieved 5 November 2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105183554/http://journals.gold.ac.uk/make.html |date=5 November 2014 }}</ref> More recently she returns to her roots in drawing and videos of her drawings. She has been adventurous in her explorations of themes of childhood and death, such as ''Mnemosyne'', 2003, wherein she creates a bedlike structure constructed from refrigerator coils; when the coils become frosty they gleam a brilliant, luminous white sheen.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Circa: c104: Summer 2003 – Alice Maher, Mnemosyne|url = http://circaartmagazine.website/summer-2003-alice-maher-mnemosyne/|website = circaartmagazine.website|accessdate = 2015-10-13|deadurl = yes|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122023/http://circaartmagazine.website/summer-2003-alice-maher-mnemosyne/|archivedate = 2016-03-04|df = }}</ref> She is interested in how identities, particularly gendered identities, are constructed from the peculiar texture history and culture give to artefacts that surround us.


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==
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*''[[Berry Dress]]'', 1994, [[The Irish Museum of Modern Art]], Dublin
*''[[Berry Dress]]'', 1994, [[The Irish Museum of Modern Art]], Dublin
*[[Arts Council of Ireland|The Arts Council of Ireland]] including
*[[Arts Council of Ireland|The Arts Council of Ireland]] including
**[http://www.artscoucil.ie/gallery/details.asp?id=580 ''Nettle Coat'' (1996)]
**[http://www.artscoucil.ie/gallery/details.asp?id=580 ''Nettle Coat'' (1996)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*The Crawford Gallery, Cork, including
*The Crawford Gallery, Cork, including
**[http://www.crawfordartgallery.com/Paintings/AlMaher.html ''Irish Dancers'' (1992)]
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20050211185015/http://crawfordartgallery.com/Paintings/AlMaher.html ''Irish Dancers'' (1992)]
*[http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/publicart/tour/tour6.htm ''Fairytale Wall'' (2002)], Special Investigation Unit, Level 2, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
*[http://www.artscouncil-ni.org/publicart/tour/tour6.htm ''Fairytale Wall'' (2002)], Special Investigation Unit, Level 2, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast


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*[http://www.greenonredgallery.com/artist.php?intArtistID=14 Alice Maher at Green on Red Gallery, Dublin]
*[http://www.greenonredgallery.com/artist.php?intArtistID=14 Alice Maher at Green on Red Gallery, Dublin]
*[http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Visual-Arts/Maher.aspx Aosdána short biography]
*[http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/Members/Visual-Arts/Maher.aspx Aosdána short biography]
*[http://circaartmagazine.website/summer-2003-alice-maher-mnemosyne/ Isabel Nolan (2003) review of ''Mnemosyne'' in Circa 104.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122023/http://circaartmagazine.website/summer-2003-alice-maher-mnemosyne/ Isabel Nolan (2003) review of ''Mnemosyne'' in Circa 104.]
*[http://circaartmagazine.website/winter-2003-portadown-alice-maher-at-millenium-court-arts-centre/ Chérie Driver (2003) review of ''Portraits'' in Circa 106.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131244/http://circaartmagazine.website/winter-2003-portadown-alice-maher-at-millenium-court-arts-centre/ Chérie Driver (2003) review of ''Portraits'' in Circa 106.]
*Dorothy Walker (2002) ''Maher, Alice'' in Brian Lalor (Ed.), ''The Encyclopedia of Ireland''. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. {{ISBN|0-7171-3000-2}}
*Dorothy Walker (2002) ''Maher, Alice'' in Brian Lalor (Ed.), ''The Encyclopedia of Ireland''. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. {{ISBN|0-7171-3000-2}}


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Alice Maher (born 1956) born at Kilmoyler, near Bansha, County Tipperary, Ireland, is a noted artist who uses a wide variety of media including sculpture, photography and installation.

Education

Alice Maher received her early education at Ballydrehid National School and at Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cahir. She later graduated from the University of Limerick and the Crawford College of Art in Cork. Then she undertook an MA at the University of Ulster, Belfast from 1985-86.[1] She spent time in San Francisco Art Institute in 1986 as a Fulbright Scholar.[2]

Works

The Axe (and the Waving Girl) by Alice Maher, 2003

Alice Maher is a contemporary Irish artist who works in a wide range of media, often from outside the tradition of fine art and more from the natural and domestic world, such as hair, nettles, bees, thorns.[3] More recently she returns to her roots in drawing and videos of her drawings. She has been adventurous in her explorations of themes of childhood and death, such as Mnemosyne, 2003, wherein she creates a bedlike structure constructed from refrigerator coils; when the coils become frosty they gleam a brilliant, luminous white sheen.[4] She is interested in how identities, particularly gendered identities, are constructed from the peculiar texture history and culture give to artefacts that surround us.

Exhibitions

The artist's work was the subject of a survey show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 2012 titled Becoming. The exhibition took place in the IMMA's temporary location at Earlsfort Terrace as the museum was undergoing renovations at the time.[5]

Maher represented Ireland at the São Paulo Art Biennial in 1994.[6]

Collaborations

Alice Maher has collaborated with artists from a range of disciplines. She has collaborated with composer Trevor Knight since 1999. Knight produces the soundtracks for her animated videos. Visitant, a live show combining dance, music and visual art, was a collaboration between Alice Maher, Trevor Knight, Butoh dancer Gyohei Zaitsu and musician Áine O’Dwyer. Visitant was performed at the Project Arts Centre in 2014.[7]

Maher's film Cassandra’s Necklace, produced for her retrospective exhibition at IMMA, was based on an unpublished script by Irish writer Anne Enright and features the actress Charlie Murphy .[8]

Publications

Maher's book Reservoir (Dublin: Roads Publishing, 2014) brought the collection of sketchbooks that she has created over many years to the public's attention for the first time.[9]

Work in collections or on display

Further reading

  • Allen Randolph, Jody. "Alice Maher, August 2009." Close to the Next Moment: Interviews from a Changing Ireland. Manchester: Carcanet, 2010.
  • Barber, Fiona. Familiar [essay]. Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery; Derry: Orchard Gallery, 1995.
  • Bourne, Cecile. Familiar [interview]. Dublin: Douglas Hyde Gallery; Derry: Orchard Gallery, 1995.
  • Deepwell, Katy. "Alice Maher." Dialogues: Women Artists from Ireland. London: IB Tauris, 2005.
  • Dickinson, Sheila. ‘Alice Maher, Rood’, Circa Magazine (Winter 2005), No. 114, pp. 86 – 87.
  • Ruane, Mebd. 'A Sting in the Tail.' Profile: Alice Maher. Cork: Gandon Editions, 1998. 5-10.

References

  1. ^ Deepwell, Katy (2005). Dialogues : women artists from Ireland. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 136. ISBN 9781850436218.
  2. ^ "Alice Maher - Current Member | Aosdana". aosdana.artscouncil.ie. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  3. ^ Women Artists Slide Library Journal 22 (April–May 1988). Retrieved 5 November 2014 Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Circa: c104: Summer 2003 – Alice Maher, Mnemosyne". circaartmagazine.website. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Through the looking-glass with Alice". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  6. ^ "Anglo Celt - EVERYWOMAN - Innovative IMMA exhibition in Cavan". Anglo Celt. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  7. ^ "Dark collaboration: four artists, four disciplines, one show". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  8. ^ "Alice Maher, and getting better at what you do | Pop Life". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  9. ^ "RESERVOIR BY ALICE MAHER: SKETCHBOOKS & SELECTED WORKS". www.irishartsreview.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.

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