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CHARLES HARPER | Artist Talk – DúnLaoghaireTown.ie official website
Monday | 9th December 2024

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sat07mar10:30 AM12:00 PMCHARLES HARPER | Artist TalkCharles Harper will talk about the stories behind his work over the last sixty years, and offer insight into his artistic process.Select the kind of audience that would be interested in this event?:COMMUNITY

Event Details

Charles Harper developed as an artist in 1960s Ireland, a time of political turmoil, sexual repression and a dominant Catholic Church. Harper’s early works addressed individual issues within social context and later he developed a minimalist style which portrayed strong metaphoric potential to probe social and political systems.

Harper was taught by Maurice MacGonigal and Sean Keating, and influences of Francis Bacon and David Hockney are apparent in his portrait work. He uses recognizable images to convey his ideas of humanism and existentialism.

Harper exhibits regularly in Ireland and abroad. He uses a metaphoric approach to painting using such motifs as the boat, angels, balance, landscape, and the figure. He has represented Ireland many times abroad in India, Switzerland, Italy, Latvia, England, France, the US and Sweden.

He has received eight national awards for his painting. His work is included in many important public and private collections including The Irish Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is a Lecturer at Limerick School of Art and Design (LIT). A founder member of Aosdana and a RHA since 2002.

Image: detail from ‘Angel’, 2009, acrylic on linen

Time

(Saturday) 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Location

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Haigh Terrace Moran Park, A96 H283 Dun Laoghaire

Organizer

ArtNetdlrartnetdlr@gmail.com artnetdlr.ie

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