Structure and Imagery

A beautiful day at the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. (Photo: Paul Behnke) Just a brief post to introduce some of the incredible artists I met up with on my recent trip to Dublin. It was my first time meeting a couple of the painters in person but luckily I have been a fan of all their work for quite sometime. Such a pleasure to meet up and share a pint with them all! Damien Flood Damien Flood, Second Life, 2017, oil on canvas, 150 x 125 cm Damien Flood, Dimensions Variable (Boudoir), 2017, oil on linen, 140 x 180 cm Damien Flood, Combust, 2017, oil on canvas, 150 x 125 cm Eileen Kenny Eileen Kenny, Keep Calm and Banish Depression, 2015, mixed media on panel Eileen Kenny, Beautiful, 2015, mixed media on panel Eileen Kenny, American Horror Story All Tied Up, 2015, mixed media on panel Diana Copperwhite Diana Copperwhite, Monumento, 2017, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in Diana Copperwhite, Confucius Confused, 2016, oi...

Damien Flood, Interior Sun , 2013, oil on reversed black-primed canvas, 59x49in. Damien Flood: Interior Sun Through February 22, 2014 Green on Red Gallery 26-28 Lombard Street East  Dublin 2 For more information on Flood's work follow the links below. Artist's Page Artforum Review

Three  – Damien Flood, Joy Garnett, Andrew Seto 14 May – 19 June 2011 Theodore:Art 53 Mercer St. NYC 10013 212. 966. 4324 Gallery hours Friday – Sunday 12 – 6 pm or by appointment Stephanie Theodore of Theodore:Art presents a studied exhibition of contemporary abstractions that blur  the lines between figuration and non-objectivity. From the gallery's press release:  " Damien Flood 's work is situated between fact and fiction. The paintings are modern landscapes that reference the history of painting with an underlying fantastical element. A fleeting familiarity can be found in the work that is soon replaced by an ambiguous questioning. Joy Garnett utilises painting to investigate the modern experience of global events as mediated and choreographed by images from news media and social networks. Walter Benjamin’s prediction that alienated man would be dazzled by the spectacle of destruction seems prescient in light of Garnett’s lushly painted scenes of di...