MADRA Art Auction 2021 - Flipbook - Page 8
MADRA ANNUAL ART AUCTION, 2021
Dorothy Cross
Title: Shark Shadow
Medium: Archival
pigment print
Size: 80 x 92cm,
framed
Reserve: €1,000
(edition 2/4)
One of Ireland's greatest exponents of contemporary Irish Sculpture, Dorothy Cross was born
in Cork. She studied at the Crawford College of Art (1973-4), Leicester Polytechnic, in
Amsterdam and at San Francisco Art Institute, where she completed a sculpture programme
and a Masters in fine art printing. Her early training as a jeweller has given her an interest in
construction and a precision in execution. She works with a huge variety of media such as
bronze, steel, and wood, as well as 'found' objects and cow hide, to create architectural or
figurative compositions in the form of sculptures, installations and video. Her art combines wit,
surreal sensibility, and a serious symbolic or political intent. She often explores gender issues
and historical narratives, reinterpreting them in a way that upsets convention.
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