A Golden Thread
Essay, Nick Miller, 2010
In this era, we sometimes fear that it is not ‘cool’ to concern ourselves with biography and authorship in relation to an artist’s work.…
Moment(ous) – Irish Times
Critical Review, Aidan Dunne , July 2008
“Tackling the taboo subject of death with clarity and precision” CLEA VAN DER GRIJN’S Moment(ous) , currently showing at the Cross Gallery, originated at…
Moment(ous) – Circa Magazine
Critical Review, Maurice O’Connell , 2008
Momentous is a thought provoking project exploring love and , loss of a child and what is to witness , and be part of…
The Leftover Madonna
Essay, Dr. Medb Ruane, 2006
In 1381, the statue of the Madonna at Tir Briúin began miraculously to speak. The words transformed all the horrors lingering after a black…
The Outsider – Irish Times
Critical Review, Aidan Dunne , Friday February 10 2006
Maybe it was just a matter of time until Cléa van der Grijn came around to making a series of paintings based on the…
The Outsider – Arts Review
Critical Review, Daragh Reddin , March 2006
When Chris Ofili exhibited his Holy Virgin Mary (a small part of which comprised elephant dung) at New York’s Brooklyn Museum of Modern Art…
Salto Angel – Aidan Dunne
Critical Review, Aidan Dunne, Wednesday November 29, 2000
Clea van der Grijn’s Salto Angel, at the Cross Gallery, consists of a series of paintings inspired by a visit to the Angel Falls…
Salto Angel – Irish Times
Critical Review, Aidan Dunne , November 22, 2000
The title of Cléa van der Grijn’s exhibition at the Cross Gallery in Francis street, Salto Angel, is taken from Angel Falls in Venezuela,…
Salto Angel – Circa Magazine
Critical Review, November/December 2000
Again with an emphasis on a domestic rather than ‘white space’ setting, Cross Gallery has been open in Francis Street for just over a…
Real Life – Medb Ruane
Essay, Medb Ruane, 1996
Time is one of those defining concepts that seems clear until you start to think about it. For O.J. Simpson, time relates to proof,…