LCGA Permanent Collection at The Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum
26 July - 30 October 2010
Dieter Boldau / Michael Farrell / Des MacMahon / Jim Sheehy / Donald Teskey
Limerick City Gallery of Art is pleased to present a selection of works from the Permanent Collection at The
Dieter Blodau was born in
Born in Co. Meath, Michael Farrell trained in drawing and fine art painting at St. Martin's School of Art and Colchester School of Art from 1956 to 1960. Returning to Ireland, he painted mainly abstract works often based on Celtic motifs. Later, in part as a reaction to the violence in Northern Ireland, he turned to figurative art as a more relevant genre in which to express his feelings artistically. From 1971 until his death in 2000, he lived mainly in France which lent him a more detached perspective on his Irish nationality and identity. Exhibited on this occassion are two lithographic prints and an etching highlighting the contrast in his approaches to print-making.
Des MacMahon holds a MA in Printmaking from the Chelsea School of Art and is currently a lecturer in LSAD Print Department. He combines media such as monoprint, silkscreen, woodblock and drawing. He has printed in the past on ceramic tile, paper clay and plaster and his earlier harder edgier punkish work with images of pitbulls, late night drinking and squats has softened somewhat as he has matured and settled, dealing with issues of responsibility, relationships, family and mortality. He has exhibited in Adelaide, Australia; The Belltable, Limerick; Chris Doswells Print Gallery, Limerick and The Dolmen Gallery, Limerick. In this exhibition, three silkscreens from the Disguise series are displayed.
Jim Sheehy was born in Co. Cork in 1945. He lived in the United Stated from 1964 to 1978 and studied at Cornell University; SUNY College, Buffalo; Pratt Institute and the Arts Students League of New York. During the 1970s he worked in New York printing lithographs and etchings for many of the leading American artists. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Dublin, Limerick and Cork and has exhibited in most of the major group exhibitions in Ireland. In 2005 the Belltable Arts Centre held an exhibition of his prints along with work he printed for artists in New York, as part of its survey on Contemporary Printmaking. There are ten works using a diverse range of techniques on display at the Municipal Museum.
Donald Teskey was born in Co.Limerick in 1956. He graduated from Limerick College of Art and Design and is now based in Dublin. Since his first solo show in 1980, he has had numerous important exhibitions in Ireland and the UK and has also been part of group exhibitions in Ireland, USA, UK, Germany, Canada and Europe. His work is in the collections of The Arts Council of Ireland and the National Contemporary Drawing Collection. His works are made in his studio but based on extensive studies and detailed notes. The result is powerful images of instantly recognisable parts of the Irish landscape with large abstract passages and surfaces which articulate the relentless energetic and elemental force of nature.
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