Project Twins: Twice the fun as Cork-based sibling artists return to Tipperary 

James and Michael Fitzgerald's latest exhibition reveals influences from Soviet Bloc posters and glitchy games 

Project Twins: James Fitzgerald and Michael Fitzgerald have an exhibition at South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel.

James and Michael Fitzgerald, working as the Project Twins, have carved a unique niche for themselves in the Irish art world. As their new exhibition at South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel confirms, their prints, paintings and sculptures are more influenced by old Polish, Soviet and Cuban poster designs than the tradition of lyrical landscapes or solemn portraits beloved by so many of their peers.

The two are really twins, and more or less identical, though James’s recent cultivation of a moustache makes it a little easier to tell them apart. Based in Cork city for years, they grew up in Clonmel, and this is their first exhibition in their native county. They have, they say, stepped up for the occasion, experimenting more with hardware materials and making more of their work by hand.