Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 May 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Joe Caslin:
I made that drawing at Christmas and it was installed in April. The drawing and the lead-in took approximately three months. I would not have had that opportunity and the public would not have had the opportunity to have that piece. I am thinking of Maser's "Repeal the 8th" piece and that beautiful portrait of Savita Halappanavar, which was almost like a religious space where people came and left their hearts on the wall. I know the Senator went down there specifically. I remember seeing a post he had made at the time. I have spoken about how street art has merit and it can touch. It can bring emotion to a city or to a wall that is stagnant.
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