Archive
Press coverage of some of Liam Roe’s exhibitions and artistic career path
First Exhibition
“The New Gallery” at Brown Thomas, Dublin
30th July to 9th August 1963
In 1963, at the age of 28, Liam’s first exhibition took place just 5 years after he started his wood-carving journey. His exhibition of 45 pieces at “The New Gallery” at Brown Thomas in Dublin city, Ireland, created much excitement in the local press due to the unusual nature of the discipline of wood-sculpting, as well as Liam’s transition from either civil servant or hurler, to wood carver. Among the publications that covered the event were: The Irish Times, Sunday Independent; Irish Press, Sunday Press, and Evening Press, to name but a few.
First “Wood and Stone Carving” Exhibition
at Coláiste Mhuire, Dublin
August 1972
In 1972, Liam held his first ‘Wood and Stone Carving’ Exhibition. As his work had reached a new level of sophistication and he was now an established sculptor of renown in Ireland, there was a new air of excitement about what one “on the fringe of genius” would produce on this occasion.
The exhibition was opened by Domhnall Ó Murchada, Head of the Sculpture Department at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Ireland. Liam was to take the position of lecturer of wood sculpture at the prestigious Art school just 4 years later.
At this exhibition, Liam showed what are still regarded to be his signature pieces.
Liam Roe at his “Wood and Stone Carving” Exhibition in 1972, joined by Head of the Sculpture Department at the NCAD, Domhnall Ó Murchada.
Other Articles of Note
In 1972, Liam’s study of animals, particularly horses, was celebrated by the art-reporting press in Ireland.
Liam was outspoken about the preservation of forests and trees in Ireland (1972).
Liam made a strong first impression at his premier Exhibition in 1963 which belied his 28 years.