Stone Sculptor James McKenna, a Celebration

In October 2002, two years after his untimely death, friends gathered in Riverbank Arts Centre to celebrate the memory of this fine spirit. James McKenna, A Celebration (edited by Desmond Egan) was launched.

Irish sculptor, James McKenna 'will be remembered wherever artists and art lovers are gathered to discuss the development of culture in modern Ireland'. This is how Patrick Murphy, Chairman of the Arts Council, summed up James's contribution.

This 186 page book includes short memoirs from a range of friends and admirers of McKenna. It is illustrated with a selection of his drawings and photogographs of the artist's work.

Friends of James McKenna Remember their Friend and Artist

Among artists who contributed are:

• Robert Ballagh (Irish artist)
• Brian Bourke (Irish artist) Ronnie Drew (Irish musician - the Dubliners)
• Ulick O'Connor (Irish writer) Hans Palsson (Swedish pianist)
• Anatoly Kudriavitsky (Russian Poet) N oel Sheridan (Irish playwright)
• Michael Kane (Irish Painter) Fergus Bourke (Irish Photographer)
• Benedict Byrne (Irish Sculptor) M ichael O'Flanagan (Poet, Irish
• Cliodhna Cussen (Sculptor, Irish) Fiona Quilligan (Dancer, Irish)
  
• Imogen Stuart (Sculptor, Irish) Bob Quinn (Film maker, Irish)
• John Kelly, (Painter, Irish Wilhelm Fochersperger (Artist, German
• Alice Hanratty (Artist, Irish) Anette Reinsch (Poet, Swedish)
• Czilla Bertha (Scholar, Hungary) Uwe Boker (Scholar, Germany)
• Giuseppe Serpillo (Scholar, Sardinia) Peter Kantor (Poet, Hungary)
• Gerard Roussell (Poet, France)

James McKenna, a Celebration:

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.