John Damian Bourke

Born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, in 1946, he studied at the Crawford School of Art in Cork, and in London with Brian Kneal. He has shown sculptures in all the major Irish group exhibitions, as well as international shows. His study of early 20th century Constructivism and of the work of David Smith led him to produce welded steel sculptures in which colour provided a final incidental and decorative element that disguised scrap-metal forms that would otherwise have been too readily recognisable. His outdoor works include the abstract red steel sculpture at the Bank of Ireland building on Baggot Street, Dublin.