Kilmorna Events

Brian Hackett: Bronze Sculptures

A solo exhibition opening for Brian Hackett, presenting bronze sculptures shaped by long metalwork practice, restraint and material intelligence.

Friday 10 July 2026 · 7:00pm to 9:00pm · The Kilmorna Collection

The Kilmorna Collection presents a solo exhibition of bronze sculpture by Brian Hackett.

Hackett works from Ballylongford, but his practice has taken the long route to sculpture. For more than three decades he has worked as a jeweller, making objects in silver and other metals where proportion, finish and balance are exposed at close range.

That education is present in the bronzes. A slender form rises, turns or opens into the space around it. A curve appears to have been drawn in the air and then given weight. The work is pared back, with each decision surviving a process of removal.