Cnuasach: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Joanne Laws Online Conversation

Cnuasach, a solo exhibition of paintings by Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh runs at Uillinn from 11 September to 16 October 2021.

'The artist gathers a vocabulary akin to visual poetry, which draws inspiration from the immeasurable beauty and profound strangeness of the Irish language. This cnuasach (or gleaning) summons landscapes that predate analogue photography – a time when physical and conceptual transformations of the land were documented only through the kindred disciplines of painting and cartography.' Joanne Laws, 2021

For the full text and further information on Cnuasach see Uillinn website here

Joanne Laws is an art writer, editor and researcher based in the west of Ireland. She is a member of the International Association of Art Critics and a contributor to various art publications, including Art Monthly, ArtReview and Frieze. Joanne is Editor of The Visual Artists’ News Sheet, Ireland’s main printed publication for the visual arts, where she commissions new writing for an Irish arts readership. She also manages the Sculptors’ Society of Ireland Publications Archive, which extends back to 1980.

As writer and editor, Joanne has developed essays and reports for a wide range of artists and organisations. She was assistant editor of the Derek Jarman monograph, Protest!, published by IMMA and Thames & Hudson in 2020. Among other professional commitments, Joanne currently serves on the board of directors of Leitrim Sculpture Centre and The Dock and is programme extern for the Fine Art Department at Sligo Institute of Technology.