Munster in 30 Artworks, No 7: The Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen, by Jim Ricks   

The piece by the Irish-American artist poked at the absurdity of the Celtic Tiger era, and the use of history for branding purposes 

The Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen, by Jim Ricks. Picture: David Ruffles 

Few artworks have captured the absurdity of the Celtic Tiger years as effectively as The Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen, by Jim Ricks. The inflatable plastic sculpture, twice the size of the 6,000-year-old portal tomb in the Burren, Co Clare, that it is modelled on, toured counties Galway and Clare for two weeks in 2011 and was shown at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin the following year.

Ricks’s background is Irish-American. He graduated from the Californian College of the Arts in 2002 before moving to Ballyvaughan, Co Clare, to complete his MFA at the Burren College of Art.