Who are some famous African Sculpture artists and what is their most famous works?

Does anyone know any good irish artists or sculpture artists still living?

• for my A level art project i need to choose an Irish artist or sculpture artist that is still alive so i can arrange to meet up with them for an interview. the theme of my project is "pain" so it would be good if the artists portrayed this in their work. i am finding it really hard to find an artist and would be grateful if someone could help me. thank you.

• Answer:

  You can check e.g. through these. or these websites: http://www.irish-art.com/ http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=contemporary+irish+artists From the 1950s onwards, sculpture in Ireland has witnessed an increasing diversity of styles, subjects and media. Among the noted modern and contemporary Irish sculptors are the following. Melanie Le Brocquy (b.1919), sometimes referred to as 'the sculptor's sculptor' because of the subtlety of her small-scale, almost miniature, bronzes. Gerda Froemel (1932-75), the German-Czech born artist who worked in bronze, steel, stone and alabaster, displaying signs of various European influences including Giacometti, Brancusi and Lehmbruck. Alexandra Wejchert (b.1921) the Polish-born Irish-based sculptress known for her metal or perspex abstract works, in particular Freedom, her 12-feet-high metal sculpture outside the Allied Irish Bank's Complex at Ballsbridge, Dublin. Imogen Stuart (b.1927), is another highly versatile artist working in a range of media including bronze, stone and wood. Much of her finest work has been commissioned by the Church, and her style incorporates numerous motifs from Barlach medieval to Celtic art. The contemporary steel sculptor, Conor Fallon (1939-2007) a native of County Wexford got his start in St Ives although his mature style is closer to European masters like Brancusi. Other important Irish sculptors of the second half of the twentieth century include: Hilary Heron (1923-76), Patrick McElroy (b.1923), Ian Stuart (b.1926), Deborah Brown (b.1927), Edward Delaney (b.1930), John Behan (b.1932), Michael Bulfin (b.1939), Brian King (b.1942), John Burke (b.1946), Dorothy Cross (b.1956) and Eamonn O'Doherty (1930-2009).