Public Art - Booklet of 4 National Stamps

Ireland has over 1,500 examples of public art. These are represented by four artworks captured in booklet format, available to the public from 30th May. This series includes beloved artworks from around Ireland,
featuring work by noteworthy artists.

• ‘Perpetual Motion’ by Remco de Fouw and Rachel Joynt, located on the site of the Naas Bypass in Co. Kildare.
• ‘Polestar’ by Locky Morris, located on a roundabout on the Derry Road, outside Letterkenny, Co. Donegal.
• ‘Tallaght X’ by Eileen Mac Donagh, installed in Library Square in Tallaght, Co. Dublin.
• ‘Riders and Horses’ by Michael Quane, currently located adjacent to the N20 on the Cork side of Mallow, Co. Cork.

Many artworks were commissioned through the ‘Per Cent for Art’ scheme, first introduced in 1978, allowing for 1% of the cost of any publicly-funded capital, infrastructural, or building development
to be used on commissioning a work of art. The scheme was further endorsed by Michael D. Higgins in 1993 as Minister for Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht. The ‘Per Cent for Art’ scheme has been an important initiative for over forty five years, bringing art into the public sphere.

This series of stamps proudly introduces an even wider public to major works by important Irish artists.

Product code 2409BK