Critique by Jennie Taylor
Winter Group Show,
9/12/2021 – 28/02/2022
Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
Published by Visual Artists’ News Sheet | March – April 2022
Playful topics, sharp colours and magnetic details run through a multitude of paintings in Molesworth Gallery’s Winter Group Show. One of the most striking works is Helen Blake’s Love is a Luxury, 2021. Solid colours are zig-zagged in blocks of pinks and purples, while creams and browns overlay detailed pattern that peeks through. Blake’s Awake in the Night hosts another prominent arrangement, revealing slits of bright and skinny forms. At first, it may seem this work shares propensities with British artist, Bridget Riley’s geometric compositions; yet where Riley distorted perception through pattern, Blake deepens conversations between patterned forms.
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Group shows and seasonal exhibitions that bring together several practicing artists (in this instance mostly painters) are a welcome reminder of the vibrant work happening in studios across Ireland. This selection of work makes me consider the moments when these artists must have seized the perfect light or worked until they stopped noticing time pass.
Jennie Taylor is an art writer living and working in Dublin.
Winter Group Show,
9/12/2021 – 28/02/2022
Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
Published by Visual Artists’ News Sheet | March – April 2022
Playful topics, sharp colours and magnetic details run through a multitude of paintings in Molesworth Gallery’s Winter Group Show. One of the most striking works is Helen Blake’s Love is a Luxury, 2021. Solid colours are zig-zagged in blocks of pinks and purples, while creams and browns overlay detailed pattern that peeks through. Blake’s Awake in the Night hosts another prominent arrangement, revealing slits of bright and skinny forms. At first, it may seem this work shares propensities with British artist, Bridget Riley’s geometric compositions; yet where Riley distorted perception through pattern, Blake deepens conversations between patterned forms.
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Group shows and seasonal exhibitions that bring together several practicing artists (in this instance mostly painters) are a welcome reminder of the vibrant work happening in studios across Ireland. This selection of work makes me consider the moments when these artists must have seized the perfect light or worked until they stopped noticing time pass.
Jennie Taylor is an art writer living and working in Dublin.