Vanishing Art

This week, the TYs went on a trip to Carton House, Maynooth where a sculpture exhibition was being held. We left the school for Carton after lunch at 2 o'clock on Wednesday. The exhibition features sculptures which were scattered around Carton premises, on the grass, in the water and hanging from trees.The rest of the pieces were on display in a showroom. The concept of the exhibition was bringing back the art of sculpture which is a "vanishing art" as other forms of art are now emerging.

This was one of my favourite pieces. It was titled "L'Archiere" by David O'Brien and it is a bronze sculpture of a female archer with her bow drawn, ready to fire. Another favourite of mine was an untitled piece of a man and a woman standing on opposite sides of a pillar peeking around the corner at each other but both are too scared to meet the other and so they never meet because they are unaware of the other's affection.

We were focused on the art for a while until we received the news that the Irish Rugby team were training at Carton! It's no surprise that the attention of teenagers was turned from the art to the rugby players. A few lucky girls even got autographs and pictures with Johnny Sexton and Tommy Bowe!! Overall the trip consisted of about 15 minutes of art appreciation, an hour of waiting outside the gym as the players trained, some screaming, tears and even a lost shoe! Thanks for reading, Anita (: