Is glas iad na cnoic, a solo show by Eoin Mac Lochlainn

Is glas iad na Cnoic, a solo show by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, 18 April  - 7 June 2021, Olivier Cornet Gallery

18 April - 7 June 2021

Solo show


Launch of the show: Sunday 18 April online in our 3D Virtual Space where the exhibition will be viewable from 12 noon onwards. A special streamed event will take place at 5pm when art historian Jackie Ryan will be in conversation with the artist. Join us then on the gallery's Facebook page or on our YouTube channel. Postscriptum: You can watch the recording on our Films page.

Availability of the show: Online in our 3D Virtual Space. Also by appointment at the Olivier Cornet Gallery from 11 May when we reopen to the public.

Online Catalogue: Just click here to view and/or download a copy of the exhibition catalogue  / pricelist. Email us if you would prefer to receive it by email. Please note that images that have no prices are just close ups of the segments / details within the painting. They are not selling separately.

Please note that a special draw will take place at the gallery on the 10th of May: The artist has put up one of his Tinteáin tréigthe paintings (scroll down to number 14) from his Diaspora show up for raffle in aid of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Research in Ireland. Click here to find out more.

The artist will be at the gallery from 2pm to 5pm on Saturday 22 May and Sunday 23 May. If you would like to meet him and have a chat about his current show, please book a 30 minute slot that suits you by calling/texting 0872887261 or emailing info@oliviercornetgallery.com.

The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present this solo show by gallery artist Eoin Mac Lochlainn

Is glas iad na Cnoic

"This series of multi-faceted paintings celebrates the everyday wonders of the living planet although feelings of anxiety, grief and loneliness are never far from the surface. The title of the series comes from the Irish proverb: the faraway hills are green, a reminder that what we have is already enough. Perhaps being confined during lockdown made us grateful for little things - like the singing of the blackbird or the reappearance of primroses - but for me, it also highlighted the precarious nature of the world we live in.

Mahatma Gandhi once wrote that there is enough on the planet for man’s need but not enough for man’s greed. What do we actually need? How much is enough? As the period of lockdown has shown, many of us can make do with a lot less than we had become accustomed to - but what about the arts? What about beauty? Can we do without beauty in our lives?  

We don’t have to. We have an awareness of beauty in our minds. We all have memories of different times and different places that we cherish. It was my memories that sustained me during these difficult times and inspired my new work.  

The work has taken the form of windows, windows to worlds far away and out of reach. It was created incrementally, starting as daily sketches and small exercises in the studio, gradually coming together in larger compositions that were simultaneously figurative and abstract."

Eoin Mac Lochlainn 


Coverage:

"Artistic License: Eoin Mac Lochlainn", Penny McCormick, The Gloss, 14 April 2021

Art Makes Things Special, Scéalta Ealaíne, Irish Art Blog by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, 15 April 2021 

Exhibition Events Calendar, Ros Drinkwater, Business Post, 18 April, 25 April, 2 May, 9 May, 16 May 2021

Nuacht, RTE1  and TG4 Television, 20 April 2021

Is glas iad na Cnoic, Scéalta Ealaíne, Irish Art Blog by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, 22 April 2021

5:21 Eoin Mac Lochlain, Irish Art, 21:21, Jackie Ryan, 27 April 2021

We Love, Gemma Tipton, Irish Times Magazine, 1 May 2021

Two to View, Niall MacMonagle, Living Magazine, The Independent. 2 May 2021

Roundup Exhibitions, Visual Artists' News Sheet, May-June 2021 issue

An Cúinne Dána series with Tristan Rosenstock, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Saturday 8 May 2021 (interview starts at 0:21:26)


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