New Work by Maurice Desmond

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Maurice Desmond
“New Work”
Opening Reception Thursday 25th April 5.30pm – 7.30pm
Exhibition will be officially opened by Liam Ronayne, Cork City Librarian.
Continues until Saturday 11th May

The Lavit Gallery is proud to present New Work by artist Maurice Desmond.
Born in Co. Louth in 1944, Desmond is a long time Cork resident. Having exhibited regularly in the Oireachtas and Irish Exhibition of Living Art, he has been a regular exhibitor in the Cork arts scene with notable shows in the Triskel Arts Centre and the Vanguard Gallery.
His work is included in major Irish collections including the Crawford Art Gallery, the University of Limerick, the Arts Council, the collection University College Cork and AIB collections.
John P O’Sullivan writes that;
“Maurice Desmond is much possessed by a sense of the tragic. His last show Flanders Fields in 2012 consisted of a series of brooding and evocative paintings that captured the atmosphere of that doom-laden place. These were deathscapes rather than landscapes. In this new show he continues to engage with the bleaker aspects of human existence. The skies are still eerie and troubled, the earth is still reddened with redundance of blood. These are landscapes without a hint of the pastoral – they pulse with their dark and entombed memories. But Desmond has always believed that the saddest songs are the sweetest and that we find, as Nietzsche asserted, “metaphysical solace” in art and music through the contemplation of the tragic. We find this catharsis in Greek Tragedy, in the music of Mahler, and in Shakespeare’s King Lear. You might think recent work inspired by a visit to the haven of Gougane Barra would bring some harmony and solace to his vision. However, what these new works indicate at best is the monumental implacability of nature – the stony indifference of the universe. While Desmond is now somewhat of an outsider on the art scene, he continues to create work that will endure beyond the current fads and fashions.”

Lavit Gallery
Wandesford Quay
Clarke’s Bridge
Cork

GALLERY OPENING HOURS: TUE – SAT, 10.30 - 6PM.

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Lavit Gallery
Wandesford Quay, Clarke's Bridge
Cork
T12 E26D

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