Emma Finucane
CIRCA ART MAGAZINE -REVIEW, Conor Linnie
'Leaving the insulation of the ‘Response Room’ to return to the main gallery, the politics of mother and baby care darkens into the coercive. A long sheet of cardiograph paper spiked with the measurements of erratic heart rates commands the central floor space. Typed text reads Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution guaranteeing the right to life of the unborn, followed by a grim timeline of deeply traumatic and fatal medical cases where women in Ireland have been variously denied the desired termination of their pregnancies by the State. In sharp contrast to the intimate contours that animate Finucane’s sketches, the rigidity of the graph paper and typography list out the deaths of Sheila Rodgers, Savita Halappanavar and other unnamed women with clinical detachment.' Conor Linnie 2018