Owner: Coleraine Borough Council Location: Kerr Street, Portrush Title: ‘Shades of My Father’ 1990 Artist: Brian Connolly Material: Ceramic Tiles & Cast Concrete Size: 5m (Dia) x 3m (H) Funded by: Coleraine Borough Council, ACNI, ABSA and Hutchinson Flooring Contractors Background: Through a limited competition in 1990, Connolly was commissioned to make a public sculpture for his hometown of Portrush. This sundial continues the artist’s interest in the importance of time and space. The shell-shape incorporated into this piece had become a recurrent element in Connelly’s work by this stage. Artists Details: Brian Connolly was born in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. He studied sculpture at the University of Ulster, Belfast. He has had a number of exhibitions nationally and internationally with venues including the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Banff Centre, Cracow and the City Arts Centre, Dublin. He is currently based near Bushmills. Connolly’s work negotiates universal themes surrounding the human senses, particularly sight and human experience. Throughout his work, the artist has been intrigued by the concept of time. |
