Peter Nash’s talking heads: Where art meets puppetry 

The Cork-based artist's Doubt Ensemble is part of the current group exhibition at Crawford Art Gallery 

Some of the work by Peter Nash at the Crawford in Cork. 

There is no avoiding Peter Nash’s sculpture Doubt Ensemble, currently showing in the Behind the Scenes group exhibition at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork. It stands in the middle of the floor, an extraordinary mechanical contraption that causes the mouths on a collection of carved wooden heads to open and shut repeatedly. Move closer and the heads seem all the more remarkable, each possessed of its own personality and range of facial expressions.

Nash, who graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a BA in Fine Art in 2003, moved to Cork in 2015 to study for an MA in Art and Process at the Crawford College of Art, an experience he credits with helping him commit to making art full-time.