Solomon Fine Art
29 of October – 21st of November
Solomon Fine Art is delighted to host a much anticipated solo exhibition of new paintings by celebrated Irish artist Tom Climent. In this captivating body of new work Climent focuses on the intuitive choreography of nature, translating the slow and discreet rhythms of trees, flora and landscapes into vibrant, light-filled compositions. Appropriately titled Heliotropism—after the natural phenomenon where plants instinctively turn to follow the sun—the exhibition serves as an exploration of light, growth, and constant movement.
Nora Hickey M’Sichili, Director of the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris wrote in her introduction to the catalogue that accompanies this exhibition, “Heliotropism, the tendency of certain plants to orient themselves towards the sun, is an apt title for paintings in which leaf and petal shapes, flowers and trees emerge from overlapping fields of colour. The forms are not simply illustrations of nature. They hover between recognition and abstraction, appearing to grow, turn or open within the painting. In What Was Hidden Is Revealed, a large canvas measuring almost two metres in both directions, vivid pinks, oranges and reds rise from a dense ground of blues, greens and shadow. The effect is at once explosive and delicate, as if something concealed beneath the surface has finally come into view.
Light is central to this process. Tom thinks of a prism refracting light into colour, and of colour drawing light into the painting. The surfaces, built from oil paint, plaster and sometimes sand, have their own physical weight and texture. Yet the paintings also seem to move beyond that weight, towards luminosity. In The Center Opens and Propagate Light, the language of emergence and transmission suggests that light is not simply something to be represented, but something the paintings seek to bring about.”
SOLOMON FINE ART
Balfe Street
(next door to the Westbury Hotel)
Dublin 2
D02 T802
Ireland
t: +353 (0)1 672 4429
m: +353 (0)86 814 2380
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday – Friday: 10am – 5.30pm
Saturday: 11am – 4pm
Sunday/Monday: CLOSED
*The gallery may be visited outside of usual hours by prior appointment
See Solomon Fine Art for more information on the exhibition