Love All for Templeogue Village

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Love All for Templeogue Village

South Dublin County Council and Templeogue Sculpture Committee are delighted to announce a new public art work for the people of Templeogue Village.

On Saturday July 14^th Mayor Billy Gogarty on behalf of the members of South Dublin County Council will officially unveil the new sculpture at the launch in Templeogue Village. Located at the entrance of the Templeogue Lawn Tennis Club, Love All is a large bronze spherical sculpture about a metre in diameter. The bronze is patinated green and dramatically resembles a tennis ball from afar. Nearer to, however, the sculpture looks more like a scaled down world with tiny detail of houses, roads, cars and people emerging from the textured green surface of the piece. The notion a globe of the world is further suggested by the fact that the piece is mounted on an axle and slowly rotates around if pushed.

Following a competition where several invited artists submitted proposals, artist Rachel Joynt was commissioned to create a sculptural work, entitled Love All, for the Village. When coming up with the concept for Love All, Joynt was inspired by the location for the sculpture, close to Templeogue Lawn Tennis Club. Her idea was also greatly influenced by the significance of the Dodder River to the Village. This is cleverly expressed in the sculpture where what appears to be the seam of the tennis ball turns out on closer inspection to represent the local river.

Joynt is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design. A well regarded artist nationally and internationally, she has established a strong reputation for creating successful art work for public space. One such work is Perpetual Motion, the large spherical sculpture on the N11 near Naas, which she created in partnership with artist Remco de Fouw.

Love All will no doubt, as alluded to in its title, become a much loved Village feature. As Joynt says of the piece I believe it [will] be popular with both young and old. An instantly recognizable landmark that is playful, surreal and optimistic with historical relevance.

Love All arose from a recommendation by South Dublin County Councils Terenure Rathfarnham Area Committee, to commission a sculptural art work to be located in Templeogue Village. The commission is funded by the Councillors Discretionary Fund. The commissioning process was facilitated by Caroline Orr, South Dublin County Councils Public Art Co-ordinator, in association with the Templeogue Sculpture Committee which is made up of public representatives, local business people and residents. The sculpture has been jointly funded by the South Dublin County Council and The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Governments Per Cent for Art Scheme.