"...the summer would move on and fade, there is always the terrible momentum of the years turning" / Roisin Downey.
By: Downey, Roisin [artist].
Material type:
Visual materialSeries: BA - Fine Art (Honours).Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 art original ; 60 x 60 cm.Content type: still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: sheetSubject(s): Painting
DDC classification: CIT Art Collection Online resources: ARTWORK Summary: "The work is a painterly commentary on rural Ireland and Irish culture. The seasonal population disruption that occurs within these areas creates a melodrama in the landscape, which is an interesting subject to engage with. Finding resolution in oil paint, I aim to emulate feelings of nostalgia and melancholy through gestural emotive paintings depicting the rural Irish landscape. By documenting these picturesque moments, it creates a direct visual link to the past, recording houses, rural roads and landscape through paint, capturing a standstill moment in time. Landscape, due to weather, time, and varying seasons, can never appear the exact same way twice. The transient nature of light plays an important role in selecting the rural landscapes. I wish to explore the duality of nature, as well as the duality of these rural seasonal areas. The paintings intend to convey a moment or sensation, an initial impact and sense of place" - artist's statement.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | MTU Bishopstown Library Reference | CIT Art Collection (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Reference | 00171219 |
Oil on canvas.
"The work is a painterly commentary on rural Ireland and Irish culture. The seasonal population disruption that occurs within these areas creates a melodrama in the landscape, which is an interesting subject to engage with. Finding resolution in oil paint, I aim to emulate feelings of nostalgia and melancholy through gestural emotive paintings depicting the rural Irish landscape. By documenting these picturesque moments, it creates a direct visual link to the past, recording houses, rural roads and landscape through paint, capturing a standstill moment in time. Landscape, due to weather, time, and varying seasons, can never appear the exact same way twice. The transient nature of light plays an important role in selecting the rural landscapes. I wish to explore the duality of nature, as well as the duality of these rural seasonal areas. The paintings intend to convey a moment or sensation, an initial impact and sense of place" - artist's statement.
Registrar's Collection.
Acquired from CIT CCAD Fine & Contemporary Applied Art Degree Show, 2017 (Beyond Dialogue)
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