Wednesday 4 March 2009

Living Through Air: New Paintings & Video Installation by Frank Golden

Goose, by Frank GoldenWell known poet and artist Frank Golden presents a new exhibition of paintings and video installation at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon from March 13th to March 28th 2009. This show concerns itself with depictions of extreme events, extreme realities, notably paintings of the jumpers from the twin towers, which are based on downloaded photographs from the net. Other sequences depict war, torture, rape, and privation in a pop figurative manner. Frank Golden has been a working artist for over twenty years and has exhibited widely. “LivingThrough Air” will be his fourth one-person show. His published works include In Daily Accord (Salmon Press), The Interior Act (Salmon Press), Two Women of Aganatz (Wolfhound Press), and On Route to Leameneh (Raven Arts Press). He has received a variety of awards from The Arts Council, The Film Board, and Clare County Council and the forthcoming exhibition show prove a great attraction at this lively venue.

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