| A collection of coffins by UK-based expert designers and coffin-makers, Vic Fearn & Co Ltd. |
| from Jan 8th to Jan 30th, 2003 |
Madcap, zany or just plain weird, there’s no doubt the opening exhibition of 2003 at the Cork Vision Centre is an exhibition with a difference that will attract a lot of attention. Entitled Crazy Coffins, it is exactly as described – a collection of bizarre and crazy caskets, each one designed by its living owner as a celebration of life lived to the full.
Made by UK based expert designers and coffin-makers, Vic Fearn & Co Ltd. who have been in the business since 1860, the coffins included in the Crazy Coffin Exhibition reflect the development of a creative side to the business over the past decade or so. During this period, they were approached by an ever-increasing number of people who wanted to choose caskets designed to meet their own unique needs. Out of this grew the Crazy Coffin collection which has been exhibited widely throughout Britain.
According to Cork Vision Centre Director, John X. Miller, this is the first time it has exhibited outside the UK, and the Cork Vision Centre is the only Irish venue it will exhibit in.
“Definitely an exhibition with a difference, it’s an eye-catching aesthetically-pleasing artistic celebration of life with all its quirks, foibles and eccentricities.”
Each of the exhibited coffins is a work of art in its own right. All are owner-designed and are made up of a variety of weird wonderful shapes and sizes. From the large box kite complete with suspended coffin to the skateboard shaped coffin this exhibition will appeal to those who appreciate the zany and the absurd. Indeed, if one feels up to it one may follow the example of the owners of a canal boat coffin who currently use it as a drinks table.
In recognition of Cork’s Capital of Culture status, two specifically Cork-theme coffins have been custom-designed. Made of cork, and cylindrical in shape one resembles a wine cork complete with corkscrew while the other entitled “Conrai na Chorcaigh” has been designed to appear as if it is emerging from a marsh as a homage to Cork city’s origins.
Crazy Coffins will be officially launched by John Kennedy, Director of the Cork European Capital of Culture on January 7th and will open to the public from January 8th until January 30th 2003.
For further information contact John Miller or Lorraine Cahalane at 021-4279925. |
