I came across this on the Irish Art blog just now. I had been aware that there was an artist-in-residence at WAC-6 last year and wondered what would come out of it. And this tripartite piece of angular sculpture is it.

I'm not too sure what the relationship really is between Art and Archaeology although there must of course be some. Archaeology has a relationship with pretty much everything done by people but, considering its strong art-historical roots, art theory would seem obviously linked to archaeological theory.

I am by no means qualified or interested enough to comment on such things but the UCD Scholarcast Series does have some interesting discussions including a great piece by Blaze O'Connor on the archaeological excavation of Francis Bacon's studio.

As to the aesthetics of the sculpture, as with most of the art on the UCD campus I am ambivalent at best. Its not offensive in the slightest (though it might be if I knew how much it cost) but I'm not sure it inspires me or even gets a reaction which is how I personally judge a piece of art.

There is an interesting video below of the installation of the sculpture with a commentary by the artist that may or may not leave the meaning of the piece clearer in your mind.