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Meetings of the Waters / Deirdre Kelly
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From the artist's website: "A new map of Ireland where the East and West coasts draw closer together, to create a sort of interior lake, a land locked mixture of sea & ocean. It takes us on a "round trip" journey of the bays, heads and points which characterise the Irish coastline. A line which unites and determines the tension between water and land. The original collage was made from a single map of Ireland in homage to his innovative use of collage by the Czech visual artist & poet, Jiri Kolar. The title is taken from the Avoca river in County Wicklow, which starts life as two rivers, Avonmore (Irish: Abhainn Mhor, "Big River") and Avonbeg (Irish: Abhainn Bheag, "Small River"). Where these join is a recognised place of great beauty hence 'the Meeting of the Waters'."