Ronan Bowes in his studio in Manhattan. Ronan Bowes was born in 1986 in Northern Ireland. And in many ways his work can be read as a response to that particular place and time and all that they entail and conjure. The rough application of paint and jarring color combinations steer Bowes' paintings and sculptures towards urgent expression and unresolved feeling. But to overlook the physical materials (and how they are used and reused) that make up the works is to miss a concept inherent in the making. Here paint, canvas and wood are fashioned, disassembled and put together again in service of a regeneration, or at the very least a hopeful, urgent utterance, that says, "I can build on this." They Send their Love, 2017, oil on canvas, 60 x 45 cm The Spot, 2017, oil on canvas, 60 x 45 cm Lios, 2017, oil on panel, 60 x 45 cm Site, 2017, oil on panel, 48 x 32 cm She Loved That Yellow Vase, 2017, oil on canvas, 102 x 108 cm From the Ar...