Claire Halpin, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Kelly Ratchford


Imago Mundi
Luciano Benetton's Collection Treviso, Italy

Claire Halpin, 'Citadel', oil on gesso on canvas, Olivier Cornet Gallery
Eoin Mac Lochlainn, 'Tinteán Tréigthe’, Olivier Cornet Gallery
Kelly Ratchford, 'Superhero with a Pearl Earring', Olivier Cornet Gallery
Imago Mundi is a collection of works commissioned and collected by Luciano Benetton on his travels around the world, involving, on a voluntary and non-profit basis, established and emerging artists from many different countries. Each selected artist is asked to create a work whose only restriction is its 10x12 cm format. 

In 2016, Irish curator Ciara Gibbons was the curator of the Irish section of the Imago Mundi project which culminated in the publication of the book '2016 an Image of Ireland - Contemporary Artists from Ireland' with a preface by curator Seán Kissane. Three artists from the Olivier Cornet Gallery were asked to participate, namely Claire Halpin, Eoin Mac Lochlainn and Kelly Ratchford. Click on the images above to access their page in the online catalogue and see the back of the paintings!


Note: The artist David Fox, who joined our AGA Group a couple of years later, also participated in this great project with a work titled Gallery Entrance.