Maureen Gallace
dal 21/7/2004 al 22/8/2004
Segnalato da
21/7/2004
Maureen Gallace
The Douglas Hide Gallery, Dublin
The paintings of Maureen Gallace elicit subtle, conflicting sensations. Buildings and houses, reduced to basic geometric shapes, are recurring motifs, realised in the pale, gentle colours which are so distinctive of her style. Sensitive and understated, an air of innocence and melancholy pervades these pictures. Landscapes devoid of human figures invite and unsettle at the same time; buildings appear serene and open, yet guarded and oddly forbidding.
The paintings of Maureen Gallace elicit subtle, conflicting sensations. Buildings and houses, reduced to basic geometric shapes, are recurring motifs, realised in the pale, gentle colours which are so distinctive of her style. Sensitive and understated, an air of innocence and melancholy pervades these pictures. Landscapes devoid of human figures invite and unsettle at the same time; buildings appear serene and open, yet guarded and oddly forbidding.
There is a Sunday quietness that permeates Gallace's landscapes and the people who inhabit them. Brought up in suburban Connecticut, her interest in themes concerning her own family background is emphasized in this exhibition and can be sensed in the "personality" of many of the buildings depicted. Unusually, the exhibition will also contain a number of portraits by the artist. Memories, relationships and quiet, fastidious observation glow through these small paintings.
"The Douglas Hyde Gallery gratefully acknowledges the warm support of 303gallery, New York; Kerlin Gallery, Dublin; Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles and Maureen Paley Interim Art, London."
A catalogue, containing a text by Rick Moody, will accompany the exhibition.
Image: Maureen Gallace, Bryan, 2003 Oil on panel
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Gallery 2
The Paradise [16]
William McKeown
Cloud Cuckoo-land
A new work, specially designed and created by the artist for The Paradise series, will be exhibited. This installation explores our perception of the world as a mental construction, as a relationship of opposites and tensions; structure and non-structure, containment and freedom, exclusion and inclusion.
William McKeown previously exhibited at The Douglas Hyde Gallery in 2001 with a show entitled In an open room.
The Douglas Hide Gallery
Trinity College
Dublin