Two shows
dal 9/12/2004 al 17/2/2005
Segnalato da
9/12/2004
Two shows
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
For the past four years, Tal R has been working on House of Prince. This is a distinct project that consists of roughly two hundred paintings. The artist takes his inspiration from popular and high culture. He works in several media, ranging from paintings, sculpture and installations to collage and artworks made of fabric. Hilma af Klint was born in 1862, through the course of her later career she worked in secret on a series of occult pictures. It was only twenty years after her death, a condition stipulated in her will, that the paintings were permitted to be shown to the public.
GALLERY 1
House of Prince
Tal R
For the past four years, Tal R has been working on House of Prince. This is a distinct project that consists of roughly two hundred paintings. They will be seen for the first time at this exhibition, his first one-person show in Ireland.
Tal R takes his inspiration from popular and high culture. He works in several media, ranging from paintings, sculpture and installations to collage and artworks made of fabric. They share an unmixed, bold use of colour and child-like simplicity. At first glance, his images appear straightforward, but if you look beyond their simple patterns and narratives, the works reveal a darker world that hints at deceit, betrayal and lost innocence.
House of Prince was created in a room next door to the artist's main studio. Following a constant structure - a base panel, four oblique corner shapes and a centre field - the paintings are both the essence and the residue of his main body of work. They form a more abstract world that seeks to harmonise discord, and in that respect they have a direct relationship with Hilma af Klint's paintings in Gallery 2. Unlike the latter, though, they never abandon a sense of raw physicality.
A catalogue will be produced in conjunction with this exhibition.
The Douglas Hyde Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of The Danish Arts Agency.
Tal R exhibits with Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin and Victoria Miro Gallery, London and we thank them for their kind support and assistance in organising this exhibition.
GALLERY 2
The Paradise [17]
Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint was born on the outskirts of Stockhom in 1862. Through the course of her later career she worked in secret on a series of occult pictures. It was only twenty years after her death, a condition stipulated in her will, that the paintings were permitted to be shown to the public. Since the first discovery of her astounding body of work in the 1960's, Hilma af Klint has come to be regarded as one of the most significant forerunners of early 20th century abstract art.
Five works by Hilma af Klint will be shown in this exhibition.
The Douglas Hyde Gallery gratefully acknowledges the warm support and generosity of the Hilma af Klint Foundation and of Gustaf af Klint, who will be giving a lecture in the Gallery on Friday, 10th December at 1.15pm.
Image: Tal R, Tomland, 2004 oil, chalk on canvas 98 x 98 in. Cortesy LFL Gallery New York
Douglas Hyde Gallery, situated in Trinity College, Dublin