CAG.814 Michael Flynn, A Change of Costume, 1977, lithograph (5 of 10), 45.5 x 39 cm. © the artist.

“For apparel oft proclaims the man” (Shakespeare’s Hamlet), or as we say in Cork, “fine feathers make fine birds.”

We’re getting in the Halloween mood with Michael Flynn’s A Change of Costume, our WORK OF THE WEEK!

This striking lithograph from 1977 is one of four prints by the artist in our collection which reflect on role-play and the relationship between human and animal. Flynn, who is a contemporary ceramicist, has suggested that his work at this time is a synthesis of tragedy and farce and that he had gleaned imagery “from observed situations, photography, music, dance, theatre and especially literature.”

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