Free shipping to Ireland & N. I Brian Bourke, Five Decades. 1960s - 2000s €70.00 ISBN: 978 1 84351 1724 Format: Size: Publication Date: July 2010 Physical Copy (supplied by Lilliput Press) Add to Basket View Shopping Basket

Brian Bourke, Five Decades. 1960s - 2000s €250.00 ISBN: 9781843511861 Format: HB. Cloth-bound and cased Size: Publication Date: July 2010 Add to Basket View Shopping Basket

'With its imprimatur from Seamus Heaney and rich production values from Lilliput, (Five Decades) would make a wonderful present for someone special.' - Rosia Sweetman, The Independent.

The book contains writings by Seamus Heaney, Frances Ruane, Carlos Garcia-Monzon, Eva Bourke, Frankie Gavin, Rosemarie Noone, James McKenna, Desmond Egan, Patrick Murphy & Frank McGuinness. It is lavishly illustrated & surveys the entire career of this distinguished artist.
 

This large-format 320-page book was designed by Tony O'Hanlon (Propeller).
It will be published in two editions:
A standard edition of 700 copies in hardback at 70 Euro
A limited, numbered edition of 300 copies (50 copies hors commerce), presented in a slipcase, together with a specially commissioned, signed lithograph, at 250 euro.
 

ESSAYS
Bourke's Mark, Seamus Heaney
The Bourke of Art, Frankie Gavin
Extremadura, Carols Garcia-Mozon
From ‘Sonata of the Painter's Shadow', Eva Bourke
A Continuous Thread, Frances Ruane
From ‘Goat', Eva Bourke
Interview, Rosemarie Noone
Summer ‘69, James McKenna
Brian Bourke, Landscape with Figure, Desmond Egan
The Baker Takes a Walk, Frank McGuinness