Friday, September 10, 2010

Public Art

A new piece of public art celebrates the tradition of young people riding horses bareback around Dublin.

It is called Misneach, 'courage' in Irish,  and this bronze sculpture by artist John Byrne will be unveiled next week  in Ballymun. A full article on this piece of art from The Irish Times can be read HERE. It also comments on a YouTube video which shows the making of Misneach and includes an explaination by the artist of the thought process behid the piece.