Stephen McKenna – Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours – a selection 1969-2004 Curated by Patrick T. Murphy.
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, 2005. 24,5 cm x 30,5 cm. 191 pages with Illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.
Includes for example: Houses, Doors and Windows – Carlow, Donegal, Rome, Tuscany, Umbria / Temples and Palaces / Figures / The Dead and the Living / Objects and Arrangements / Trees, Rivers and Cities / The Sea and the Sky – Reflextions and Refractions etc.
Stephen McKenna (sometimes signing as SMCK) (20 March 1939 – 4 May 2017) was a British-born visual artist known for his postmodern figurative paintings. He was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1986. His works can be seen in the collections of the Tate Galleries, the British Council, the Imperial War Museum, London, and has been shown at various galleries including the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. He is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
McKenna was born in London, he studied there at Slade School of Art (affiliated to the University College London). 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. In 1997 he curate 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 and was the president of this association from 2005 till 2009.
He died in his home in Co. Carlow on 4 May 2017. (Wikipedia)
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