Siobhán Hapaska: One Take: Siobhán Hapaska's 'Snake and Apple'

Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Frieze, March 20, 2019

Common sense dictates that an artist’s most generative work be produced at the outset of her or his career, give or take a few false starts, in a period of early maturity. Yet, a quarter of a century after her first major show, Siobhán Hapaska has been enjoying a period of renewed productivity during which she has turned to the topic of genesis itself. She has done so in a typically heterodox manner that casts an intriguing retrospective light on her earlier work.