“This painting, Wild Garlic and a Gentle Breeze, depicts a dreamy moment on a springtime foraging expedition during one of the lockdowns of the recent pandemic.”
This painting, Wild Garlic and a Gentle Breeze, depicts a dreamy moment on a springtime foraging expedition during one of the lockdowns of the recent pandemic.
An escape from the bleak monotony of being stuck indoors, parks became a vital place to unwind and experience natural wonder.
A visual artist from Dublin, my paintings depict social life in Ireland and the natural landscape with explicit subjectivity, often blurring the line between reality and fantasy.
My work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions throughout Ireland, and is housed in public and private collections. You can see more of it at owendeforge.myportfolio.com and on Instagram at @odeforge.
Mel Keane took the stage Saturday as part of Dublin Digital Radio’s annual festival, Alternating Current, at The Complex.
Sculpting through assemblies of objects is the main aspect of his practice, he says. A scarecrow-like figure wearing a Mickey Mouse t-shirt, with cigarette butts, and a Madonna cassette, for example.
“Pitched as ‘avante hyperpop’, her music can sound like what Mariah Carey might cook up if she spent more hours hanging out in video arcades and reading radical literature.”
Filmmaker Sarah Share’s “The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry” tells the story of the Mississippi-born musician, who is now living in Ireland.
