Antonia McGuane

Dublin show opening May 31st

amcguane — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:08:27 +0000

Saint Catherine’s Church, of Thomas Street, Dublin, will host an exhibition of my work with an opening next Thursday, May 31st at 6pm, and running through June 3rd.

St Catherine’s already supports many aspects of the community in and around the Liberties, and this exhibition will be the first part of a new project run by members of its congregation, intended to create a space for art at this historic church.

The exhibition will include some of my more recent series, including some from the ‘Ephemeral’ series still in progress.

Please stop by for some wine, nibbles and art next Thursday if you’re in the area!

‘Ephemeral’ drafts 13 & 14

amcguane — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:52:44 +0000

Oil on primed watercolour paper H 74cm x W 54cm

: Oil on Primed Watercolour Paper H 72cm x W 54cm

‘Ephemeral’ draft 12

amcguane — Fri, 11 May 2012 21:34:24 +0000

‘Ephemeral’ draft 12, Oil on Primed paper H 72cn x W 54cm

A word about titles.

amcguane — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:13:20 +0000

While I visited the rehearsals of the Castellers, where I made early drawings that I used in this series, someone suggested to me that their performances were best described as ‘Ephemeral’, so this became the working title as I began to post work-in-progress draft by draft. However, the earliest title for this work, written in my sketchbook notes on Montserrat Oct 2011, when I began the series was “Lie down beside me said the mountain to the castle”. This was the phrase that began the work. It suggested to me a relationship, or even an attraction between “The Lasting” and “The Short Lived”. The work that grew from this starting point was intended to be more than just a juxtaposing of contrasting forms. What I wanted was to invest the work with a sense that “The Lasting” might delight in “The Ephemeral” as though they were coming together in a kind of embrace.

On April 28th I exhibited work to date from this series at the Jiwar residency. This offered me a definite punctuation in the process and time to consider my next step, which may possibly be to explore the theme on a larger scale, but also to draw the work more closely to the central theme of the original title.

“Ephemeral” draft 11

amcguane — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:18:38 +0000

"Ephemeral" draft 11, Oil on primed watercolour paper, H 72cm x W 54cm

Later this month, I will be exhibiting work from this series in Barcelona – at the residency where it began. The exhibition takes place at Jiwar Creation & Society, Gracia, Barcelona on April 28.

“Ephemeral” draft 10

amcguane — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:35:09 +0000

“Ephemeral” draft 10, Oil on primed watercolour paper, H 69cm x W 53cm

Later this month, I will be exhibiting work from this series in Barcelona – at the residency where it began. The exhibition takes place at Jiwar Creation & Society, Gracia, Barcelona on April 28.

“Ephemeral” draft 9

amcguane — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:07:26 +0000

“Ephemeral” draft 9, Oil on canvas H 62cm x W 37cm

“Ephemeral” drafts 7 & 8

amcguane — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:52:32 +0000

“Ephemeral” 7th draft, Drawing H 80cm x W 56cm

: “Ephemeral” 8th draft, Drawing H 80cm x W 56cm

“Ephemeral” 6th draft

amcguane — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:12:58 +0000

6th draft, Drawing, H 56cm x W 80cm

“Ephemeral” 5th draft

amcguane — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:16:01 +0000

“Ephemeral” 5th draft, Drawing H 80cm x W 57cm