Claire Halpin
dal 14/10/2011 al 9/11/2011
Segnalato da
14/10/2011
Claire Halpin
Talbot Gallery & Studios, Dublin
"Reconstructions" takes its imagery from a number of sources from media photos of areas of conflict to paintings from the canon of art history from Byzantine and Early Renaissance.
The Talbot Gallery is pleased to announce our forthcoming exhibition, reconstructions by Claire Halpin October 15th - November 10th 2011.
This is Claire Halpin's second solo exhibition at the Talbot Gallery and we are delighted to show her latest work.
This exhibition will be opened by Mark Maguire, Assistant Curator, Education and Community, IMMA.
This exhibition is an overview of work developed over the last two years, which takes its imagery from a number of sources from media photos of areas of conflict to paintings from the canon of art history from Byzantine and Early Renaissance. The techniques employed range from the traditional form and materials of icon painting through to traditional oil painting and photographic transfer.
The artist is attempting to present a contradiction within each painting between the subject matter and its rendering through paint. In the paintings the initial shock and graphicness of the subject matter gives way to a luring in by the painted surface. The Tableau from Georgia pieces are rendered to look like romanticised landscapes but on closer viewing reveal traces of abandoned soviet architecture in the landscape. These images are taken from photos from Halpins travels during a residency to Georgia in 2010.
Halpin is interested in the layering of imagery and meanings and changing of scales within a painting. The paintings raise questions about how we remember the past; choose to record history - the veracity of painting, photography, and the media in documenting future history. The artist is attempting to heighten the viewers’ awareness of the influencing conditions of time, place and context as influencing factors in encountering and interpreting imagery and artworks.
Artist’s Biography
Claire Halpin graduated from D.I.T with B.A Honours in Painting (1996) and went on to complete her Masters at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland (1998). Since graduating she has exhibited widely in group exhibitions in Ireland and abroad including 178th Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, Dublin; Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Belfast and Cluster at Stone Gallery, Dublin. Claire has had a number of solo exhibitions including Tabula Rasa at Cavan County Museum (2011), Anaesthetic Aesthetics at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght (2010), Always Now at Talbot Gallery, Dublin (2008), Eidetic Amalgams at Basement Gallery, Dundalk (2006) and solo exhibitions at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Model Arts Centre, Sligo. Her paintings are included in many private, public and corporate collections.
In October 2010 Claire participated in a one month artist residency in Tbilisi, Georgia as part of the Samkura Residency Programme. Along with two other Irish artists Claire represented Ireland at Tbilisi’s Artisterium 2010, Georgia’s annual international contemporary art exhibition.
Opening: October 15, 3-5pm
Talbot Gallery & Studios
51 Talbot Street - Dublin
Opening hourds: Tuesday - Friday 10.30 - 17.00
Saturday 11.00 - 16.00
Free admission