Lumpy Art History was exhibited at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2001 and the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003.
Lumpy Art History was exhibited at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2001 and the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. In Turku, the exhibition was a response to the work of 19th-century Finish artist Matilda Rotkirch, the exhibition was held in two adjoining rooms to the exhibition (Studios) and expressed a sense of exaggerated romanticism, Rotkirch’s notebook sketches were transformed into vast cold landscapes as murals exploring ideas of the sublime and alienation.
White Landscape and White History were shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery 2002, these works are a response to the history of painting, post-colonial racism and the role history painting has played in perpetuating the dominance of the white male gaze.
Left White History, middle (from left) White Armageddon, White Homage, White Religion / installation view
2000 (all)
Household enamel paint on canvas (all)
Left 100 x 150 cm, middle 24 x 33 cm (ea)
After (from left) 'The Death of Major Peirson' by John Singleton Copley, 'The Great Day of His Rath' 1851-3 by John Martin, 'Homage to Delacroix' 1865 by Henri Fantin-Latour, 'The Last Supper' by P. de Champaigne, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2001.
Left (from left) White Armageddon, White Homage, White Religion, right White Seascape / installation view
Left 2000 (all), right 2001
Household enamel paint on canvas (all)
Left 24 x 33 cm (ea), right 100 x 150 cm
After (from left) 'The Great Day of His Rath' 1851-3 by John Martin, 'Homage to Delacroix' 1865 by Henri Fantin-Latour, 'The Last Supper' by P. de Champaigne and 'Snow-Storm off a Harbour's Mouth' 1842 by JMW Turner, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2001.
Left White Seascape, right White Religion, White Still Life / installation view
2001 (all)
Household enamel paint on canvas (all)
Left 100 x 152 cm, right 61 x 46 cm (ea)
After (from left) 'Snow-Storm off a Harbour's Mouth' 1842 by JMW Turner, 'The Virgin and the Child with Saints' by Perugino and 'White and Pink Roses' by Henri Fantin-Latour, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin 2001.
Left White Seascape, right White Landscape / installation view
Left 2001, right 2000
Household enamel paint on canvas (both)
Left 122 x 152 cm, right 122 x 198 cm
After (left) 'Snow-storm Boat off a Harbour's Mouth' 1842 by JMW Turner and (right) 'The Hay Wain' 1821 by J Constable, both 2001. 'Lumpy Art History' exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White Landscape' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
White Landscape / detail
2000
Household enamel paint on canvas
122 x 198 cm
After 'The Hay Wain' 1821 by J Constable, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White Landscape' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
White Landscape / detail
2000
Household enamel paint on canvas
122 x 198 cm
After 'The Hay Wain' 1821 by J Constable, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White Landscape' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
Left Mathilda Dreams, right White Seascape / installation view
Left 2003, right 2001
Wall drawing, household enamel paint on canvas
Left variable (temporary), right 122 x 152 cm
After (from left) notebook sketches by Mathilda Rotkirch and 'Snow-storm Boat off a Harbour's Mouth'1842 by JMW Turner, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition, exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003.
Left White History, right White Portrait / installation view
Left 2000, right 2001
Household enamel paint on canvas (both)
Left 100 x 150 cm, right 33 x 24 cm
After (from left) 'The Death of Major Peirson' by John Singleton Copley and 'The Artist's Daughter Mary' 1777 by Thomas Gainsborough, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition, exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White History' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
White History / detail
2000
Household enamel paint on canvas
100 x 150 cm
After 'The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January' 1781-83 by J Singleton Copley, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition, exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White History' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
White History / detail
2000
Household enamel paint on canvas
100 x 150 cm
After 'The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January' 1781-83 by J Singleton Copley, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition, exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White History' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
White History / detail
2000
Household enamel paint on canvas
100 x 150 cm
After 'The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January' 1781-83 by J Singleton Copley, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition, exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003. 'White History' also shown at EV&A, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick 2002.
Left White Religion, right White Still Life
Left 2000, right 2001
Household enamel paint on canvas (both)
61 x 46 cm (ea)
After (from left) 'The Virgin and the Child with Saints' by Perugino and 'White and Pink Roses' by H Fantin-Latour, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibition, exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003.
Left White Armageddon, White Religion, right White History / installation view
2000 (all)
Household enamel paint on canvas (all)
Left 24 x 33 cm (ea), right 100 x 150 cm
After (from left) 'The Great day of His Rath' 1851-53 by John Martin, 'The Last Supper' by P. de Champaigne, 'Homage to Delacroix' 1864 by Henri Theodore Fantin-Latour and 'The Death of Major Peirson, 6 January' 1781-83 by J. Singleton Copley, 'Lumpy Art History' exhibited as part of the Mathilda Rotkirch exhibition at the Turku Art Museum, Finland 2003.