ARTNET | NEWS
By Sarah Cascone
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Joe Caslin's mural.
Photo: David Sexton. |
IRELAND---As Ireland prepares for this Friday's referendum on marriage equality, artist
Joe Caslin has created a powerful image in support of the law. Plastered on the exterior of Caherkinmonwee Castle in Galway, two 50-foot women embrace in a pose that evokes one of Ireland's most famous paintings,
Frederic William Burton's 1864 watercolor, "
Hellelil and Hildebrand, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs." [
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Joe Caslin's mural.
Photo: David Sexton. |