Stephen McKenna (artist)

Stephen McKenna PPRHA (born London, 1939[1]) is a visual artist known for his postmodern figurative paintings. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1986. He has works in the collection of Tate Galleries,[2] the British Council,[3] and the Imperial War Museum, London,[4] and has shown at galleries including the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin[5] and Irish Museum of Modern Art. He is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.[6]

Life

Born in London, he studied there at Slade School of Art. In 1973 he moved to Donegal, Ireland. He has also lived in Belgium, Germany, and Italy. He was a guest professor at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig (Brunswick, Germany) from 1995 to 1996.[7] In 1997 he curated the exhibition The Pursuit of Painting at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He became an associate member of the RHA in 2001 and a full member in 2002.

Notable works

O, Ilium! (1982) is an example of postmodern pastiche, combining imagery from classical art and sculpture, Max Ernst, Constantin Brâncuși, and archaic Greek pottery. According to Ingeborg Hoesterey, it throws together images from the cultural memory of western civilisation, showing them to constitute only a "wasteland".[8]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions of his work include:

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen McKenna". Kerlin Gallery. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stephen McKenna". Tate. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Stephen McKenna". British Council. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "City of Derry I by Stephen McKenna". BBC Your Paintings. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Leach, Cristin (25 September 2005). "Art: Stephen McKenna". Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Stephen McKenna PPRHA". Royal Hibernian Academy. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Stephen McKenna". Irish Arts Council. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  8. ↑ Hoesterey, Ingeborg (2001). Pastiche: Cultural Memory in Art, Film, Literature. Indiana University Press. pp. 19–21.

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