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Recent Works
John Behan & Ger Sweeney
30th March - 27th April 2024
John Behan
Ger Sweeney
John Behan RHA, Woman with Suitcase, Bronze, Unique, 20x14x12in
John Behan
John Behan’s recent work powerfully focuses on current migration crises. Having worked with migrant groups in Greece there are immediate parallels between Behan’s Irish Famine Ship themes and the narrative plight of people displaced and uprooted in contemporary times. These pieces are exhibited alongside new works from equally iconic Behan themes such as Oar Boats and Bull figures.
Ger Sweeney: Elevation acrylic on linen on canvas 150cm x 150cm
Ger Sweeney
A renewed interest in the expressive properties of drawing, gestural line and automatic writing currently informs an ongoing dialogue with abstraction in my painting practice. The elemental nature of the west of Ireland landscape where I live is now becoming a significant source of inspiration in my work. To engage with the elemental, the tactile, the mood or metaphor, through process, gesture, colour and line is the intent.
Opening Sat March 30th at 2pm Opening Address by David Nice All welcome
David Nice
The classical music and opera editor of The Arts Desk, David writes, lectures and broadcasts on music . A former music critic for The Guardian and The Sunday Correspondent, he has made regular appearances on BBC Radio 3, not least in the long-running series Building a Library. He has written short studies on Elgar, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and the history of opera, and is currently working on the second volume of his Prokofiev biography for Yale University Press.
bronze
unique
51cm x 36cm x 30cm