User:Mauricewmr

Mauricewmr is the virtual identity of the irish  artist maurice O'Connell. Maurice O'Connell (Born 1966 in County Dublin)studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin between 1986 and 1992 Fine Art sculpture. Maurice O'connell gained an international profile via a series of provocative  vissual arts projects  that questioned the institutional role in the development of visual arts practice in Ireland  the broader western arts infrastructure. Maurice O'Connell is preoccupied by the role of the artist in Irish and Western society and in his work  opened up  new international profile for Irish contemporary art. He participated in Conversations on culture  as part of Atlanta cultural olympiad curated  by  Mary Jane Jacobs]. The term new genre public art was coined to describe this Conversational  approach to public art practice.Declan Maconigal director IMMA commissioned " Role Research Response" as part of "From beyond the Pale" in 1995  In 1997  Maurice O'Connell  was shortlisted artist  for the 1997 Glen Dimplex Awards selected  by Chris Dercon  director Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam,recently appointed director of the Tate Modern. As director and performer projects  continue to be shortlisted  at the Journal culture  awards.