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Brian Bourke – Singing Old Man River September 14th –October 6th An exhibition by Brian Bourke is always an exciting event and we are proud to be hosting a one person exhibition of his landscapes and self –portraits. The exhibition co-incides with the Picasso exhibition at the Crawford Gallery. Like Picasso, in his work Bourke expresses a focussed creative force, the artist’s energy is very present in his work. Since the 1960’s Bourke has established a major reputation in the Irish art world. He has exhibited work that is vigorous and expressive, in many venues both nationally and internationally. His work is now instantly recognisable and is represented in all major Irish public collections. It is almost two years since his last Taylor Gallery exhibition, Manhattan Vertigo. The landscapes here show him returning to a more familiar landscape, that of County Kerry, where he recently spent time on a residency at Cill Rialaig. All of the vertical landscapes on paper were either painted in Ballinskelligs or inspired by his time there. Assured compositions, with strong colour and his own distinctive line, these show Bourke at his most masterful, employing his favoured diptych for composition. The larger oil paintings include some earlier important paintings from the 1990’s and a diptych, Suburban Garden with Skull, from 1971. The artist is equally well known for his portrait work as for his landscapes. Some of his self-portraits, hung in the vault areas, are suggestive of ‘momento mori’, reminders of ageing and time passing, life as a tune which he has sung along to. The artist represents himself singing along with Maria Callas or in mid. cycle of ‘Old Man River’. The title of this show is derived from these paintings, which are a unique series of art works, aligned within the great European tradition of artists’ self-portraits. We are reminded of the vulnerability and depth which Rembrandt explored in his own face changing through time. These portraits have, however, been created with the intimacy of a personal sketch. We are reminded of the vulnerability and depth, which Rembrandt explored in his own face changing through time. The exhibition runs from September 14th The next exhibitions here will be Clare Langan, Followed by Michael Quane. |
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