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ART AND THE CITY — Review of the Cork City Council Per Cent for Art Scheme

ART AND THE CITY — Review of the Cork City Council Per Cent for Art Scheme

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by Ruairí Ó Cuív

ISBN 978 0948037 320    96 pages (paperback)   24x17cm    131 illus    artist index  

Cork County Council was the first local authority to commission an artwork under the Percent for Art Scheme, and this book is a comprehensive review of what has been achieved under the scheme. It features 35 public art commissions by 31 artists, each artwork discussed in detail and comprehensively illustrated.

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EXTRACT

"It is difficult to imagine the early stages of the Per Cent for Art Scheme in Ireland because the understanding of public art has been transformed since its introduction. For many people the scheme is associated with prominent and permanent artworks placed on our major roads network – in what are so often incongruous contexts that it is easy to forget that there are other contexts in which the scheme has developed. The Per Cent for Art Scheme in Cork city is one of those contexts. Its development there reflects the many changes to the scheme since its introduction by the Department of the Environment in 1986. The evolution of the scheme in Cork was influenced by developments in national policy but also by policy directions within Cork City Council (formerly Cork Corporation). Since the introduction of the scheme by the City Architect, Cork City Council has demonstrated a willingness to respond to new directives from the Department of the Environment, and also to explore the potential of the scheme. In many respects, Cork City Council broke new ground, being the first local authority to commission an artwork under the scheme and then being the first to commission a non-sculptural work. The Council’s implementation of the scheme was also notable in that, from the beginning, emphasis was placed on engagement with communities. Artists and arts organisations in Cork also contributed to the scheme through their work and by generating debate."

— from the intro by Rúairí O Cuiv

CONTENTS

Foreword    7
Acknowledgements    8
Introduction    9
The Review    11-49

  • The Review   11
  • The Artistic Embellishment Scheme   11
  • The appointment of a Public Art Advisor   14
  • Limited competition   17
  • The commissioning process   18
  • First commissions selected from submissions   20
  • Continuing community involvement   20
  • Artists’ perceptions   24
  • Difficulties   26
  • Maintenance and vandalism   29
  • The Public Art Research Project   33
  • Parallel developments   34
  • New directions   35
  • Debate and movement   41
  • The ongoing Per Cent for Art programme   47
  • Findings and Recommendations   51
  • Principles   51
  • Public art   51
  • The nature of commissions   52
  • The placement of art   52
  • Planning   53
  • Contexts for commissions   53
  • Impact on artists   54
  • Timing of the commissioning process   55
  • Risk-taking   55
  • Commissioning procedures   55
  • Selection procedures   56
  • Selection panels   57
  • Management   58
  • Curation   58
  • The Public Art Working Group   59
  • Art Steering Committees   59
  • Briefs and guidelines   60
  • Proposals   60
  • Health and safety   61
  • Artists’ contracts   61
  • Finance   62
  • Pooling funds  62
  • Fees   62
  • Tax   63
  • Landscaping and finishes   63
  • Maintenance   63
  • Documentation   64
  • Evaluation   64
  • Promotion of the Per Cent for Art Scheme   65
  • Branding   65
  • The press   65
  • Presentations   66
  • Public consultation   67
  • Distrib

Findings and Recommendations    50-69
Appendices    70-96
     1 – People interviewed    71
     2 – Bibliography    72
     3 – Audit of commissions, 1986-2003    73
Endnotes  / List of artists and illustrations

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FEATURED ARTISTS / ARTWORKS
with photo(s), description, credits, etc, for each artwork

  • Russell Barrett Grotto, 1993 (Corporation Buildings, off D’Altons Avenue)
  • Andrew Boyle Untitled, 1998 (Orchard View, Ringmahon Road, Mahon) 
  • Jim Buckley Fall, 2000 (R&H Hall, Kennedy’s Quay) 
  • Rosemary Canavan Sleeping Mother and Child, 1995 (Suttons Buildings, off Richmond Hill); The Three Marking Stones, 1997 (Roches Buildings, off Richmond Hill) 
  • Maud Cotter Place, 1999 (St Michael’s Close, Mahon) 
  • Alan Counihan A City Wall, 1996 (Ard Bhaile, Mayfield) 
  • Alan Counihan, Andrew Boyle and Ger O’Neill Untitled, 2001 (Knocknaheeny) 
  • Cindy Cummins, Jools Gilson-Ellis, Danny McCarthy, Dara McGrath, Tracey McVerry, Julie McGowan, Fiona Ní Mhaoilir, Adrian O’Connell, Una Quigley Daylighting the City, 2002 (Lapps Quay)
  • Michael Cunningham Sundial, 1994 (Kellehers Buildings, Old Youghal Road, Mayfield)
  • Margaret Fitzgibbon The Stone, The Child and the Long Day, 1995 (Deanrock, Togher) 30, 78 Dolls House, 1997 (Deanrock, Togher)
  • Allan Gallet Spirit of Co-operation, 1994 (Avonmore Park, Mayfield)
  • Kevin Holland Bull and Drover, 1993 (Maddens Buildings, Watercourse Road); Train, 1997 (The Glen, Blackpool)
  • Ann Hugh Children Playing Football, 1995 (Ard Bhaile, Mayfield); Madonna and Child, 1996 (Barretts Buildings, Blarney Street)
  • Liam Lavery Untitled, 1993 (Green Street, Greenmount); Untitled, 1995 (Noonan’s Road, Greenmount) 
  • Julie Kelleher The Pyre, 1996 (Boyne Crescent, Mayfield)
  • Friederike Lenzing and Julie Kelleher Untitled, 1993 (Baker’s Road Flats, Knocknaheeny)
  • Hugh Lorrigan Untitled, 1996 (Griffith Lane, off Barrack Street)
  • Peter Morgan and Judy Kravis When The Bells Go Down, 2001 
  • Eilís Ní Fhaoláin Untitled, 2001 (The Glen, Blackpool)
  • Denis O’Connor Untitled, 2000 (Blackpool by-pass) 
  • John Reardon Disappearing Mural, 2001 (Glenamoy Lawn, Mayfield)
  • Eithne Ring Untitled, 1996 (Peacock Lane, Gerald Griffin Avenue, Blackpool)
  • Vivienne Roche Love Letters, 1993-2001 (Horgans Buildings, Magazine Road); Light Lines, 1999– (Jack Lynch Tunnel, Mahon Point)
  • James Scanlon Untitled, 1989 (Share Building, Grattan Street)
  • Alexander Sokalov Motorbike, 1996 (Glenamoy Lawn, Mayfield)
  • Marek Staszkiewicz Untitled, 1988 (Lotamore Park, Mayfield)
  • Eoin Turner Untitled, 1996 (no illus available)
  • Tina Whelan The Three Wans, 2001 (Parnell Place)
  • Anke Zurn, Áine Ryan, Mel Ziegler, Conor Moloney, Magda Jarzabek, John Reardon Project Mongrel, 1999 (Patrick Street)

 

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