Lough Boora Parklands

Two new sculptures, “System no.30” and “Passage” have now been added to the wonderful sculpture area of the parklands. They were launched on the 18th September 2009, following three weeks residency at the parklands by artists Julian Wild and Alan Counihan.

“System no. 30”, by Julian Wild,  involved welding scrap pieces of peat wagons and cutting machinery together, to depict a disk that appears to bounce over the surface of the canal, like a skimming stone.  This is an imaginative and playful piece that looks like a serpentine form swimming across the surface of the canal.

Alan Counihan’s piece entitled “Passage” involved cutting a trench into a raised bank of turf, creating a passageway lined with railway sleepers, leading to free standing vertical rails and sleepers which reach towards the sky.   While working on this piece the artist wished to explore mans relationship with his landscape, how it is inhabited, remembered and imagined.

Both sculptures are now completed and the public are encouraged to take a trip to Lough Boora Parklands to view them.