Verne Dawson
dal 23/3/2004 al 19/5/2004
Segnalato da
23/3/2004
Verne Dawson
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Dawson's paintings explore mankind's position in the universe, the mythological roots of civilization, folklore, numerology, calendars, and the zodiac. They embed the past (and occasionally the future) in the present. This is rare enough, but because Dawson approaches these ideas and subjects without obvious irony or self-conscious distance, his place in the contemporary art world is unique.
Verne Dawson is an unusual artist - a painter of landscapes, portraits, histories, abstract compositions, and still-lifes, all infused with a mixture of imaginative intensity and down-to-earth ordinariness. More specifically, Dawson's paintings explore mankind's position in the universe, the mythological roots of civilization, folklore, numerology, calendars, and the zodiac. They embed the past (and occasionally the future) in the present. This is rare enough, but because Dawson approaches these ideas and subjects without obvious irony or self-conscious distance, his place in the contemporary art world is unique.
Dawson's painterly style and way of viewing the world have been described as faux-naif and childlike, but their reality is more complex. His vision is independent, obsessive, humorous - and not without wisdom and sophistication.
An artist's book, published by the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, the Victoria Miro Gallery, and the Eva Presenhuber Gallery, will accompany this exhibition.
The Douglas Hyde Gallery gratefully acknowledges the warmth and support of the artist and of all the collaborating galleries.
Image:
Verne Dawson, Celestial Atlas, 2002, Oil on tabletop
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Exhibition Talks:
A conversation will take place between Verne Dawson and John Hutchinson
on Friday 19 March at 5pm. [ Booking advised ]
24th March Gavin Delahunty Halcyon+on+on
31st March Ali Davey Ali Davey will respond to the Robert Adams exhibition.
14th April Declan Long Landscape and Memory
21st April Barry White Barry White will discuss the work of Verne Dawson
Contemporary Art Lecture Series:
Curators and Curating What is the difference between the contemporary
art exhibition programmes of IMMA, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, the RHA
Gallagher Gallery and Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane? How do the
Project and the Temple Bar Gallery & Studios choose their shows? In
order to stimulate thought and discussion about these and other such
questions, we have asked some curators to talk about their styles,
visions, and objectives.
Talks:
1st April Oliver Dowling - Visual Arts Specialist, The Arts Council
Retrospectively
8th April Marian Lovett - Director, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios The
Director / Curator: Different Hats
22nd April Patrick Murphy- Director, The Royal Hibernian Academy The
Keeper of the Keys
29th April Aileen Corkery - Visual Arts Curator of Temple Bar Outdoors:
outside visual arts Curating for the Public Space
Tours:
Tuesdays, 1.15pm March 23, 30 / April 6, 13, 20, 27 / May 4, 11
Saturdays, 2pm March 20, 27 / April 3, 10, 17, 24 / May 1, 8
Douglas Hyde Gallery
Trinity Collage, Dublin 2, Ireland