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Aileen MacKeogh, 1952–2005

Extraction, c. 1990

Extraction is a c. 1990 work by Aileen MacKeogh.

MediumBronze, glass
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Donation, 2021
Item NumberIMMA.4369
Copyright Denis Mortell Photography
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Aileen MacKeogh, Extraction, 1985, Bronze, glass, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, 2021

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

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Aileen MacKeogh, 1952–2005

Irish sculptor Aileen MacKeogh attended the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and Southern Illinois University. Combining bronze, steel, stone, porcelain and glass, her work addresses ideas of domesticity and the fragility of human life. MacKeogh was the chairperson of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art between 1983 and 1987. She was the first director of Arthouse, Temple Bar, and served as Head of Art, Design and Media at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

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