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Monthly Archives: November 2017
Colin McGookin: The Joy of Eastern Compositions, October – November 2017, EastSide Gallery, Belfast
Curated by ArtisAnn commercial gallery 18 acrylic paintings on either paper, board, fabric, or linen and one oil painting on board, in a style McGookin has preferred since his wife taught him to paint on silk, formed The Joy of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anselm Kiefer, AR Penck, banners, H.Bosch, idiom, J Derrida, Oliver Sachs, panel paintings
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Charlie Scott – From the Water, from the Bog, 2017
It was a part of the group exhibition Process Extended, at Goose lane Gallery, opened on November 2nd 2017. Artists exhibiting in the backroom of the Tivoli Barbers were Hannah Clegg, Hannah Johnston and Megan Kerr and Charlie Scott.
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Tagged bog, bottle with liquid, Diptych, figures, oil painting, tree
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Shonky:The Aesthetics of Awkwardness, MAC, Belfast, 20 October 2017 – 14 January 2018
The exhibition aims to explore the nature of visual awkwardness through the work of artists and architects Arakawa and Gins; Cosima von Bonin; Niki de Saint Phalle; Benedict Drew; Justin Favela; Duggie Fields; Louise Fishman; Friedensreich Hundertwasser; Kate Lepper; Andrew … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, awkwardness, Hayward Touring Curatorial Open Painting, installation, performance, sculpture, shonky, sound installation, video
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Willie Heron: Sculptures and works on paper, Fenderesky Gallery Belfast, 12 October- 10 November 2017
They exceed a size of hand, of handheld art like Books of Hours, whose investment in private thought is difficult to surpass. Yet, the need to protect freedom of thought is as great and urgent as in the 20th C … Continue reading
Hughie O’Donoghue: The Tempest, Carlisle Memorial Church, Belfast, 10 – 28 October, 2017
The slowly self-destructing 19th C neo- gothic building has offered genuinely enhancing milieu to view the tarpaulin sized paintings. The Steady Drummer and Night Visitor are both 12x18ft and Cargo measures 12x24ft. With the smaller paintings the installation has evoked … Continue reading
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