After quite busy weeks of researching, gathering ideas about my final and so as other study related tasks I took the time off to visit my best friend in Ireland.
Such a beautiful country, with amazing scenery. You would think the culture would be the highest level. In my surprise, it’s not as I hoped. My friend come to Ireland as an interior designer, she can do fashion as well, but Irish seems to be very simple in their choices. 600 years under English developed a fear of new and simplicity in style. She has never been able to find work in her specialty as no one needs that.
A country with amazing heritage has not developed a need for Fine art or its related matters. There are only a few galleries and auction houses. Mostly high end and government supported.
When I thought England’s arts and crafts market is struggling – Ireland seems to be worse. I can’t say for sure there isn’t local small craft business trying to make a living, my google search did find some, but what I understand from my friend, who’s been there for 12 years and whose daughter finished art school – just to do social work – struggle is real.
When I thought England’s arts and crafts market is struggling – Ireland seems to be worse. I can’t say for sure there isn’t local small craft business trying to make a living, my google search did find some, but what I understand from my friend, who’s been there for 12 years and whose daughter finished art school – just to do social work – struggle is real.
Economically country approaching a better level, according to my friend, but it's not the case of visual arts. The younger generation visual culture is now predominantly screen and internet-based, so there is not yet an emergent art-buying generation in Ireland, leaving the art market under pressure.
Performing arts - song and dance
of the region and the other artforms that relate to these disciplines, such as
story-telling -seems to have better response and it gets also more support from
government.
Such contrast with Sweden, which I visited just a few months ago. Where culture, handmade crafts and art ware very valuable and popular - especially in the young generation.
I loved Ireland and will go back, but perhaps mainly for breath-taking landscape and amazing history. Hope in years to come there will be more interest in Fine Art as this is the only thing that was really missing
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