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Still

David O'Kane - Solo Exhibition

20th Feb - 31st March

'Still', a solo exhibition film, animation, painting and lithography by Irish artist David O’Kane from Saturday 20 February to 31 March 2010. The exhibition will include work produced by O'Kane during residencies at the British School at Rome, the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Spinnerei in Leipzig and at Cavanacor studios in Donegal.  O'Kane will also be screening his documentary style film, 'The Academic of no Academy', which investigates the life and work Neapolitan philosopher Giordano Bruno

The exhibition will be accompanied by the launch of a 132 page full colour hardback book on O'Kane's work.  With an essay by Martin Germann (curator at the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover, Germany) and an interview with O'Kane conducted by Francis McKee (director of the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland)

The exhibition will be opened by Detlef  Möller (Patron of the Arts, Leipzig, Germany) with a private preview on 20 February 2010 from 7 to 10pm.

Please R.S.V.P. to: art@cavanacorgallery.ie  or 00353 (0) 749141143, and for further information please visit:

www.davidokane.com

 

 

'Stills (Carol Anne)', 2010, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm each

12 paintings from a series of 24

 

Installation View

'Still' David O'Kane - Solo Exhibition

 

 

'Stills (Nadja)', 2010, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm each

1 paintings from a series of 24

 

 

Endgame

Diptych, oil on canvas, 100 x 95 cm each, 2010

 

 

 

Gaseous Exchange

Diptych, oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm each, 2009

 

 

Boar's Teeth

Oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm, 2010

 

 

 

Production shot from the film: "The Academic of no Academy", HD Video, 2010

 

 

 

Production shot from the film: "The Academic of no Academy", HD Video, 2010

 

 

Production shot from the film: "The Academic of no Academy", HD Video, 2010

 

 

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