Spring has sprung at South Tipperary Arts Centre
Edgelands by John Kennedy has opened at STAC and it will continue until Saturday, February 19th. This new body of work comes as the result of John’s Artist in Residence Award with STAC and has been supported by Tipperary Arts Office. Kennedy’s work is primarily concerned with isolation, abandonment, and remoteness, while exploring the physical properties of paint and other less traditional materials. Edgelands focuses on expanses of land that exist in the margins. Rough and ready in the functionalism of their edifices, they are unappreciated by the average landscape lover. There is a silence, and distance, in the paintings, just outside of range of overhearing what is going on, which evokes a feeling of being outside looking in.
John lives and works in Clonmel. He has a BA in Fine Art from MTU Crawford College of Art and Design and post grad, he lived and worked in Cork for a number of years. He moved back to Clonmel, his home place, in the early 2000s. He didn’t paint for a number of years but picked up the brushes again about ten years ago. He has recently completed the Turps Correspondence Course in Painting through Turps School in London.
A new publication of Seanie’s work, published by ACA PUBLIC will be launched during the exhibition.