Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Saturday 1 February 2025 to Sunday 30 March 2025
Tom Climent describes the paintings in this scintillating new exhibition as “almost a call to light”. From cave-like shelters to abstract terrains marked by explosions of colour, he seeks to capture something dormant that has returned to life. Following on from a period of more structured painting, there is a deliberate opening and unfolding in these canvases and for the first time in a long time, some intimations of human form. Petal-shapes bloom as they signal his intuitive faith in the idea of transformation through evolution and regrowth. Climent uses the word “wilding” to mean “permission for growth to express itself unimpeded. When the time is right, something will appear.” His works are an invitation to meditate on life, making, and being.
At 6.00pm on the night of the opening, Tom Climent is in discussion with art critic Cristín Leach, whose commissioned text on the artist’s work is available to read in the exhibition. (Admission free, reservation recommended, in English)
A book on Tom Climent’s work, published by Gandon Editions, is launched this evening and on sale at the Médiathèque for the duration of the exhibition. The 120-page hardback monograph – with 128 illustrations and a keynote essay by Cristín Leach – will be launched at the Solomon Gallery in Dublin and the Lavit Gallery in Cork, in March 2025 – details to follow.
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The opening of Wilding / État Sauvage is an integral part of the Imbolg celebrations at Centre Culturel Irlandais, the Celtic festival of light marking the first glimmers of spring.
Find out more about the event here.
Opening hours :
Mon-Sun: 14h-18h
Wed: 14h-20h
Admission free
Vernissage : Friday 31 January, 5pm-8pm
Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5, rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris
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