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So what do we think of the new market attraction?

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    #32
    CptSternn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭CptSternn


    buck65 wrote: »
    That's ridiculous, Wrafter is a fine artist, and has done work for years around the town.
    I think you are overplaying his "ties".
    Can't really understand the fuss.

    You are proving my point for me.

    One artist with many works around Ennis who has been doing it for years.

    The fuss is, I know that for each work he has done, there are between 5-10 other local artists who also submit ideas. Those ideas are never accepted, the council selects the one they want without any input from the public and there is no oversight, just a handful of people behind closed doors doling out tens of thousands of tax payers money to whomever they select without any sort of documented process.

    What makes one persons 'art' better than anothers? Why is one artist continually selected? Why are the people not involved in the process? If my taxes are going to pay for it, I would like to think two things:

    First, that is a transparent process in which everyone in the local artist community has a chance to participate in.

    Second, that as a member of the public who is ultimately paying for it that my input is considered.

    The idea that one man always gets the big money contracts from the council is something that doesn't sit well with me. It's the reason our country is in the state it is in currently.


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    #33
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    What about Shane Gilmore? Didn't he do the hands at the Cathedral, possibly the biggest sculpture in town. How many sculptors are in town anyway?


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    #34
    Shapey Fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,995 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    I'm surprised it took this long to turn up in my Facebook feed.

    554860_10150737143695673_529765672_11439634_2097751223_n.jpg


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    #35
    MyKeyG
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    Shapey Fiend wrote: »
    I'm surprised it took this long to turn up in my Facebook feed.

    554860_10150737143695673_529765672_11439634_2097751223_n.jpg
    That's the start of it anyway.


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    #36
    scrawnyass
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭scrawnyass


    MyKeyG wrote: »
    That's the start of it anyway.

    There's no shortage of imbeciles in our mighty town.I'd be in daily contact with quite a few to be honest.:o


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    #37
    Shapey Fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 1,995 ✭✭✭Shapey Fiend


    Just saw this in person for the first time last weekend. Bloody hideous. They're way too big for that location.


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    #38
    m83
    Registered Users Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭m83


    They took a little while to grow on me but really like them now. They're perfect for the market, nicely crafted too.


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