Here in Big Look, we are passionate about the teaching and learning of art. To us, it is not really possible to separate the process of making art from the process of looking at and analysing art. Through this new video series, we put a focus on the latter as we give you direct insight into how some of Ireland's leading artists look at art. 

Featured artists

This series is rooted in a selection of highlights picked by Eamon Colman of the Artform Annual 44 Exhibition, sponsored by our content partner Artform School of Art. which in past years was hosted in Waterford but which this year was online.

Eamon's selections created connections to other Irish based artists, many of whom we approached to speak about artists that they find interesting.

To date these guest artists include, Maurice Quillinan, Neal Greig, Julie Cusack, Mary O'Connor, Bernadette Kiely, Bridget Flannery, Shevaun Doherty, Ramon Kassam, Kathy Tynan and Gabhann Dunne.

Ongoing talk series of artists looking at art that inspires them.

Jun-July 2021

  • Brian Smyth - Looking at Osborne, Lavery and O'Meara

  • Gabhann Dunne - Looking at the history of 'bravura' painting

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Bernadette Doolan

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Oonagh Latchford

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Sheila Naughton

  • Sheila Naughton - Looking at Sol LeWitt

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Ciara Gormley

Apr-May 2021

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Julie Cusack

  • Julie Cusack - Looking at Frank Auerbach

  • Julie Cusack - Looking at Stuart Shils

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Tom Climent

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Neal Greig

  • Neal Greig - Looking at Wolf Kahn

  • Bernadette Kiely - Looking at Kathy Tynan and George Shaw

  • Kathy Tynan - Looking at Horace Pippin and Alice Neel

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Bridget Flannery

  • Bridget Flannery - Looking at John Walker

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Shevaun Doherty

  • Shevaun Doherty - Looking at Bauer, Haeckel and Kahn

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Ramon Kassam

  • Ramon Kassam - Looking at Basil Blackshaw, Paul Doran and Mairead O'Heocha

Feb-Mar 2021

  • Credits

  • Gabhann Dunne - looking at Fabritus

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Maurice Quilinan

  • Maurice Quilinan - Looking at 500 years of art

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Neil Dunne

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Michael Wann

  • Michael Wann - Looking at Van Gogh

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Mary O'Connor

  • Mary O'Connor - Looking at Abstract Expressionists

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at Mick Mulcahy

  • Eamon Colman - Looking at James Kirwan