Each time I see an Abstract Expressionist painting sell at auction for millions, sometimes hundreds of millions, my heart sinks. Not solely because we live in a world where the ultra-wealthy can barter works by dead artists, which often sold … Continue reading It is Time for a Conceptual Art Renaissance
Originally published in print February 2021. Geographical planes and primary colours are elements of neoplasticism that transform fragmentation into form, and chaos into simplicity. These stylistic choices were advanced by Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) in a new era of … Continue reading Piet Mondrian, Neoplasticism, and the Artist’s Most Iconic Compositions
●●●●○ Currently running at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Anne Madden’s Colours of the Wind – Ariadne’s Thread is a collection which explores the ancient Greek myth of Ariadne, a classical heroine who saved Theseus from death at the hands of … Continue reading Spinning a New Yarn: Anne Madden’s Colours of the Wind – Ariadne’s Thread Through her use of saturated colour, abstracted forms and larger-than-life linen canvases, Madden takes the ancient Greek myth of Ariadne one step further.
Emma Jane Meehan on the paintings of American artist Mark Rothko, and their ability to communicate myriad worlds of meaning, depending on who is looking. Pictured: Rothko in his studio, 1964. Photograph by Hans Namuth. I was first introduced … Continue reading The Worlds of Rothko