Here Rory Campbell portrays for us an artist whom he considers an estimable caricaturist in a long, challenging tradition.
Scepticism eventually leads to barrenness.
Daumier, Lautrec, Grosz, Heartfield, Scarfe. In Ireland there has been little tradition or appreciation of political cartoon. But the cartoons of Peter Hanan, manage to encapsulate and undermine superbly their victim and his or her more foolish tendencies. We see Charles Haughey scrabbling for a cheque, Michael Flatley's chest glistening charismatically, Ronan Keating's blithe self-satisfaction. His portraits of public figures are ludicrous yet perfectly recognisable, and funny to boot.