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Barrie Cooke, Dorothy Cross and Nick Miller April 29th – May 29th Fenton Gallery, Cork What do Barrie Cooke, Nick Miller and Dorothy Cross share in common? For starters, artistically they all admire each other’s work. Miller and Cooke have been based in Sligo for some years and Dorothy Cross now lives and woks in Connemara, which is geographically within the same axis. The grouping was inspired by Barrie Cooke in response to an an invitation from the Fenton Gallery. All three are among Ireland’s most highly regarded living artists. For this exhibition Cooke has painted three extraordinary portraits of each of the participating artists. Dorothy Cross is shown in full diving gear, the artist himself is shown fishing and Nick Miller is depicted with a characteristic band of Miller landscape detail behind his head. Barrie Cooke is well know for both figure and landscape paintings. He last exhibited at the Fenton Gallery in Autumn 2002 and since then has had a major retrospective at the RHA Gallagher Gallery in Dublin. Nature in its infinite variety and irresistible flux is his chosen environment and subject matter. Also included in this exhibition will be some of a new series of paintings, "Rock Jetties at Night.” Included in this show are a new selection of Miller's landscapes from 2001-2004, continuing his close exploration of nature & landscape, following his recent acclaimed show at the RHA in Dublin (catalogue available.)Working from his lorry converted for use as a mobile studio, "his accounts of landscape throughout the seasons have an incredible, vibrant richness to them. Every square centimetre seems animated by the attention of an omnivorous eye." (Aidan Dunne, Irish Times 28/12/02). The doorway opening of the truck defines and frames his subject bringing the viewer, like the artist, face to face with the overwhelming intensity and complexity of the rugged Sligo landscape where he lives and works. One of Ireland’s most internationally acclaimed living artists, Dorothy Cross exhibited in the inaugural exhibition at the Fenton Gallery in 2000. Drawing on a rich store of symbolic associations to investigate the construction of sexuality and subjectivity, her witty, inventive and challenging work spans several media , including sculpture, video, installation and photography. Her work is included in the collections of the Tate Modern, London, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Norton Collection, Santa Monica, and many other public and private collections. She was chosen to represent Ireland at the 1993 Venice Biennal, the 1997 Istanbul Bienial and the 1998 Liverpool Biennial. While their work is divergent, all three artists share not just a geographical axis (Sligo/Connemara), but also an excitement and interest in each other’s art.
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