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‘Beyond
Borders’
12th October 2012
Opening 6:30pm
Exhibition runs until Saturday 13th
October
Irish artist Anthony Hackett has been
studying and working in the field of fine art for over a decade. He holds a BA
in Fine Art from Dublin Institute of Technology. Anthony Hackett has exhibited in solo shows
and group exhibitions around Ireland. He currently holds a position teaching
Fine Art at Ballyfermot College of Further Education.
Anthony’s paintings are a beautiful
exploration into the issues of current day Ireland and also on global issues.
He has been active and involved in politics for many years and is an advocate
for human rights. His canvases display themes such as religion, immigration,
family and social injustices’. The artist uses the canvas and a strong sense of
colour to invoke a deep sense of thought and understanding on these issues.
Anthony’s paintings have always involved vivid colour and a strong sense of
paint with bold brush strokes and a strong subject matter. Though his works
have, over the years, looked at issues of current day Ireland; the works for
this exhibition are powerful and capture a sense of where the world is now and
how power and greed effect people who are of a more disadvantaged placement in
society. This exhibition at the back Loft is an opportunity to see beautiful
works on display in a large space allowing time for the viewer to explore these
themes and experience bold colour, strong images and vibrancy coming from the
canvases.
This exhibition will be opened by The Anti
Racism Network representative, Luke Bukha who is a Zimbabwean living in Ireland
for over seven years and who is also actively involved in human rights issues.
The paintings for “Beyond
Borders” were executed between 2008 and 2012 with the majority been finished in
2012.
Most of the finished
paintings arrived on the canvas through my use of paint; what I mean by this is
that paint is brushed, thrown or rubbed into the canvass in an arbitrary way.
No image is present in my mind or set out before me, except in the case of the
three paintings “Lilies” “Cores” and “Sea Shells”, which were carried out
by observing the subject.
The subject matter and
images arrive from my subconscious through my pushing, playing, removing and
scratching of the paint on the canvas. The images that arrive can be
landscapes, situations or events that I have experienced, read or witnessed and
that have made an impact on me. They arrive from my subconscious and when I am
happy with the image it is finished.
Anthony Hackett
September 2012
You can contact Anthony through his representative
Ciarna Hackett:
0852193778
