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Marion McKeone | Review of Pure | Temple Bar Gallery & Studios | The Sunday Business Post | 1997 Terse? Grim ? Tom ? No  Those in search of the heady, sultry feel that kinder climates evoke shouldn’t rely on the cantankerous Irish climate; a visit to the Temple Bar Gallery and Studios next week is aContinue reading “Marion McKeone’s review of Pure at the Temple Bar Gallery & Studios in The Sunday Business Post | 1997”

Brian Fallon | Pure | Temple Bar Gallery & Studios | The Irish Times | 1997 Brian Fallon talks to Tom Climent, the young painter he nominated to exhibit at the Temple Bar Gallery, and last year’s winner of the Victor Treacy Award. Tom Climent’s one man exhibition is virtually his introduction to Dublin viewers; his careerContinue reading “Brian Fallon talks to Tom Climent, the young painter he nominated to exhibit at the Temple Bar Gallery, and last year’s winner of the Victor Treacy Award in The Irish Times | 1997”

Tina Neylon | The Irish Examiner | 1996 The picture tells a story TOM CLIMENT is only 26, yet is beginning to make a mark for himself as a painter. I was studying engineering and attending night classes in painting at the same time, when suddenly it just seemed to make more sense,” he says.Continue reading “Tina Neylon’s article The picture tells a story on Tom Climent in The Irish Examiner | 1996”

Rosemary Hamilton | The Butler Gallery | The Irish Examiner | 1996 Artist Tom Climent is the winner of the Victor Treacy Award for 1996. The Best Emerging Artist was chosen by Brian Fallon and announced at the Butler Gallery in Kilkenny. Climent was one of six young artists invited to exhibit at the annualContinue reading “Rosemary Hamilton’s article on Tom Climent the winner of the Victor Treacy Award for 1996 in The Butler Gallery | The Irish Examiner | 1996”