Seán Lynch: A blow-by-blow account of stone-carving in Oxford

Dublin City Gallery: The Hugh Lane

Seán Lynch has done more than any visual artist in living memory to engage with the socio-history of Ireland. He has a keen eye for the off-beat: previous exhibitions have dealt with subjects as diverse as the De Lorean sports car plant in Belfast, the visit of Bill Clinton to Ballybunion, and the possible reappearance of the mythical island of HyBrazil.

In his new installation at the Hugh Lane, ‘A blow-by-blow account of stone-carving in Oxford’, Lynch turns his attention to the O’Shea brothers, John and James, from Ballyhooley, Co Cork. The O’Sheas were 19th century stone-carvers, whose work may be seen at the Museum Building at Trinity College Dublin. They also worked at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, where they were embroiled in some controversy.