Real Life – The Big Issue
Critical Review, Adrienne Murphy
“LOVE ME FOREVER OR FUCK OFF”“THE MOST MINDBLOWING OF DAYS”“DELIRIOUS PLEASURE”………van der Grijn’s willingness to expose her deepest fears, joys and needs, and so…
Real Life – Irish Times
Critical Review, Aidan Dunne
REAL LIFE‘A Time’ Clea van der Grijn sets calendar time against emotional time in a series of beautiful works on paper that visualise the…
Journey – Irish Times
Critical Review, Dr Medb Ruane
The notion of a “distressed Jesus”should bring hoards of do-gooders down to Temple Bar, but in Clea van der Grijn’s outing, the piece is…
Journey – Irish Times
Critical Review, Luke Clancy, 1995
‘My work is all autobiographical” says Clea van der Grijn in a handwritten sheet accompanying her current show. “It is not abstract or conceptual”…
Bruise and Dishonour – Sunday Tribune
Critical Review, Aidan Dunne, 1994
Cléa van der Grijn displays an impressive grasp of texture. The cross shape – a motif that runs throughout- made up of small numbered…