Eamon O'Kane opens exhibition in Galway, Ireland
Professor Eamon O'Kane opens an exhibition titled "In all things" on 13 June 2012 at the Gallery 126 in Galway, Ireland. The exhibition is on display until 7 July 2012.
Eamon O'Kane is Professor at the Dept of Fine Art. He is an internationally reknowned artist with numerous exhibitions and participation in different artistic projects.
The Gallery welcomes to a preview on Saturday 9 June 2012 at 7pm.
About the exhibition "In all things"
For his most recent exhibition artist Eamon O´Kane has chosen to
focus on the chemical element Carbon. O´Kane has produced a series
of charcoal animations and constructed a site-specific installation
of new charcoal wall drawings and sculptures examining the
molecular and crystal structure of carbon and other elements.
Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust,
and the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass after
hydrogen, helium, and oxygen. It is present in all known life
forms, and in the human body carbon is the second most abundant
element by mass (about 18.5%) after oxygen. This abundance,
together with the unique diversity of organic compounds and their
unusual polymer-forming ability at the temperatures commonly
encountered on Earth, make this element the chemical basis of all
known life.
The work in the show also draws on the legacy of Frederich Fröbel
(the inventor of the Kindergarten) and the effect of his education
techniques on society, especially in relation to the development of
creativity. Fröbel originally trained as a crystallographer and
then he designed the educational play materials known as Fröbel
Gifts, or Fröbelgaben, which included geometric building blocks and
pattern activity blocks. These simple wooden blocks and shapes have
inspired many artists, architects, mathematicians, engineers and
designers such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Piet Mondrian,
and Charles Eames.
Image (above): Fröbel Research - works in progress. Detail.
Who were all were educated in early childhood using Fröbel
Gifts. In addition the works in the exhibition relate to his
childhood home in Co. Donegal including the history of this house,
which has been central to the artists practice for many years. In
this exhibition the artist brings together all the disparate
aspects of his art practice together under one theme.
About the artist
Eamon O' Kane (b. in 1974 in Belfast, Ireland. Lives and works in
Bergen, Norway and Odense, Denmark). He studied at National College
of Art and received MFAs from University of Ulster and from Parsons
School of Design, New School University, NY. Solo exhibitions
include Rare Gallery, New York, USA; Crawford Art Gallery, Cork,
Ireland; ArtSway, New Forest, UK; Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris,
France; Economist Plaza, London, UK. He has participated in e v+ a,
Limerick seven times including 2005 when he received an OPEN e v+ a
award. He is recipient of awards including the Taylor Art Award,
The Tony O'Malley Award, The Pollock Krasner Foundation grant and a
Fulbright Award. His artwork is in numerous collections worldwide
including Deutsche Bank; Burda Museum, Baden Baden, Germany;
Sammlung Südhausbau, Munich; Aspen RE, London; Rugby Art Gallery
and Museum Collection.
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