Michael Quane
{{About|the sculptor|the hurler|Mick Quane}}
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{{Infobox artist
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| nationality = Irish
| alma_mater = Crawford School of Art
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| elected = Aosdána (1998)
Royal Hibernian Academy (2004)
| known_for = sculpture, equestrian sculpture
| notable_works = Figure Talking to a Quadruped
Horses and Riders{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SVfqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Michael+Quane%22++|title=Irish Public Sculpture: A History|first=Judith|last=Hill|date=16 March 1998|publisher=Four Courts Press|isbn=9781851822744|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/corkman/news/iconic-mallow-sculpture-set-for-move-to-pastures-new-37334766.html|title=Iconic Mallow sculpture set for move to pastures new|website=independent|date=21 September 2018 }}
Carbon Sync{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/visual-art/art-in-focus-carbon-sync-by-michael-quane-1.3922061|title=Art in Focus – Carbon Sync by Michael Quane|first=Aidan|last=Dunne|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
Tomás Ó Criomhthain{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fc-8DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Michael+Quane%22&pg=PA134|title=The Vanishing World of The Islandman: Narrative and Nostalgia|first=Máiréad Nic|last=Craith|date=6 November 2019|publisher=Springer Nature|isbn=9783030257750|via=Google Books}}
| style = direct carving
| movement = Modern sculpture, modernism{{Cite web|url=https://westcorkpeople.ie/culture/songs-of-stone-the-direct-carvings-of-michael-quane/|title=Songs of Stone: The Direct Carvings of Michael Quane - West Cork People|date=9 March 2021}}
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Michael Quane {{Small|RHA}} ({{IPAc-en|'|k|w|ei|n}};{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZNs5yF1J-g|title=Michael Quane with Strange Beasts at the Lavit Gallery,Cork|date=December 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}} born 1962) is an Irish sculptor.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjhiEAAAQBAJ&q=quane&pg=PA196|title=Sculpture Parks and Trails of Britain & Ireland|first=Alison|last=Stace|date=3 March 2022|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781789941432|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40363223.html|title=Cork In 50 Artworks, No 18: Michael Quane's Riders and Horses at Mallow Roundabout|first=Marc|last=O'Sullivan|date=29 August 2021|website=Irish Examiner}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.southernstar.ie/life/west-cork-artists-celebrated-4221935|title=West Cork artists celebrated|website=The Southern Star}}b He is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gormleys.ie/artists/michael-quane/1399/|title=Michael Quane artist|website=Gormleys Fine Art}}
Early life
Quane was born in Cork in 1962. He began to draw and carve wood aged 12 and briefly studied science at University College Cork before transferring to the Crawford School of Art and Design.{{Cite web|url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/members/quane/|title=Aosdána|website=aosdana.artscouncil.ie}}
Career
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Quane's professional career began in 1987;{{Cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-40806807.html|title=WATCH: For sculptor Michael Quane 'the arts are central to who we are'|date=13 February 2022|website=echo live}} he was elected to Aosdána in 1998 and the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.theirishworld.com/christine-tobin/|title=Remembering Frank|date=31 January 2022|website=The Irish World}}
Quane works in materials such as elm wood, Kilkenny limestone, marble. Equids feature prominently in his work, inspired in part by a childhood experience of witnessing a donkey dying in a bog. According to Deborah Hickey (The Echo), "Michael’s work rebukes the traditionally classical theme of man’s power over animal. His human figures are anti-heroic as they navigate life with their fellow inhabitants of this planet."{{Cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-40147751.html|title=Cork sculptor's passion was set in stone from a very early age|date=2 July 2019|website=echo live}} Quane practices direct carving, not making models or maquettes.
Personal life
Quane lives in Leap, County Cork. He has two children.{{Cite web|url=https://michaelquane.com/|title=Michael Quane RHA|website=Michael Quane RHA}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.michaelquane.com}}
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Category:Artists from Cork (city)
Category:Alumni of Cork Institute of Technology
Category:20th-century Irish sculptors
Category:21st-century Irish sculptors