Displayed
on the first floor of a small intimate
gallery. While there was an absence of realistic description (as the exhibition title would infer) in any of the works, not all were described as completely abstract - this was certainly true aswell. For example one artist (Wesley Triggs) described his
work as having a sense of looking at something which is familiar. Even so, it all kept one guessing, which I found compelling.
Carol
Hodder's three
paintings were predominantly dark with an impression of light emerging from, and described
as having a connection with memory and place. In one such painting 'Stroke' it was
possible to discern a figure veiled in light mist amongst the darkness, emitting a mysterious ephemeral atmosphere.
http://irishartscape.com/artists/details/51 Carol Hodder
Sabine Weissbech paintings were loose painterly semi-abstracted landscapes in acrylic. On close scrutiny there appeared a combination of layers of opaque and transparent, muted diluted opaque over thicker saturated opaques. Then there are more muted pale thicker opaques, some allowed to drip. Particularly apparent in the overlayers are scraped and rubbed on paint, possible and process of adding and removing, I would guess with the help of painting knives or spatulas or some kind and large brushes. Ethereal sketchy loose yet sensitive lines, drawn linear elements and perhaps scratching or 'scraffito' add a linear quality. It all culminates in an atmospheric feeling of natural elements.
http://irishartscape.com/artists/details/51 Carol Hodder
Sabine Weissbech paintings were loose painterly semi-abstracted landscapes in acrylic. On close scrutiny there appeared a combination of layers of opaque and transparent, muted diluted opaque over thicker saturated opaques. Then there are more muted pale thicker opaques, some allowed to drip. Particularly apparent in the overlayers are scraped and rubbed on paint, possible and process of adding and removing, I would guess with the help of painting knives or spatulas or some kind and large brushes. Ethereal sketchy loose yet sensitive lines, drawn linear elements and perhaps scratching or 'scraffito' add a linear quality. It all culminates in an atmospheric feeling of natural elements.
http://www.sabineweissbach.com/landscapes.html
Sam Curtin's work contained no hint of landscape and was very muted, monochromatic and minimal. The fleeting shapes of shadows etc are transformed into something more solid and permanent in the form of geometric shapes alongside and crossing over one another in diagonal directions.
http://www.lavitgallery.com/page87.htm
I'm not sure if these oil paintings of Tom Climent's were on display at the time, although he is a gallery artist. They appeal to me due to the way geometric shapes are explored through the nature of paint application and colours, the combination of three dimensionality and flatness giving a sense of optical illusions.
http://tomcliment.com/2014/02/18/2013-2/
A general impression emanating from the exhibition is that most of the paintings on view evoke the essence of landscape, or aspects of it in one form or another, extracted sometimes from memories and imaginary places in time, with only one or two exceptions. I have found from reading artist's statements over time, this seems to be a popular theme in many genres.
Sam Curtin's work contained no hint of landscape and was very muted, monochromatic and minimal. The fleeting shapes of shadows etc are transformed into something more solid and permanent in the form of geometric shapes alongside and crossing over one another in diagonal directions.
http://www.lavitgallery.com/page87.htm
I'm not sure if these oil paintings of Tom Climent's were on display at the time, although he is a gallery artist. They appeal to me due to the way geometric shapes are explored through the nature of paint application and colours, the combination of three dimensionality and flatness giving a sense of optical illusions.
http://tomcliment.com/2014/02/18/2013-2/
A general impression emanating from the exhibition is that most of the paintings on view evoke the essence of landscape, or aspects of it in one form or another, extracted sometimes from memories and imaginary places in time, with only one or two exceptions. I have found from reading artist's statements over time, this seems to be a popular theme in many genres.
