ARC/ 1990 

One of my first multi-media installation projects in my home town incorporating photography, found objects, a deconstructed cold storage unit and other sculptural elements before then going on to Chelsea College of Art in London to do an MA in 1990/91.

‘All glass structures for gardening purposes should be distinguished by strength, durability, efficiency, and beauty, and all this compatible, with a due regard to enlightened economy. They should be strong to give that security and safety to our protegees which their fragility and our sympathy and love for them so imperatively demand; also that we may be able to visit them at all times, to admire their beauty, and minister to their wants without any fear for our personal safety.’

The Gardeners’ Chronicle, 30 August 1856/ Held in the National Botanic Gardens Library of Ireland.

Essay by John Logan