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Cristín Leach Hughes’s review of Final State at the Blueleaf Gallery in The Sunday Times | 2012
Cristín Leach Hughes | Review of Final State | Blueleaf Gallery | The Sunday Times | 2012 One of the great joys of looking at painting lies in observing how the artist handles colour. The abstract architectural structures in Tom Climent’s compositions shimmer in a place where green and pink meet orange, and russet red dances withContinue reading “Cristín Leach Hughes’s review of Final State at the Blueleaf Gallery in The Sunday Times | 2012”
Tom Climent/Aidan Crotty/Stephen Lawlor
New Paintings Tom Climent, Aidan Crotty & Stephen Lawlor May 10th – 28th 2011 An exhibition of New Paintings by Tom Climent, Aidan Crotty and Stephen Lawlor will open at the Lavit Gallery on Tuesday May 10th. Tom Climent’s most recent works are more architectural than previous ones. A lighter use of paint and an interest in mood is evidentContinue reading “Tom Climent/Aidan Crotty/Stephen Lawlor”
Dictionary of Living Irish Artists
Dictionary of Living Irish Artists
200 Irish Artists are profiled in this volume. Written by leading arts commentator, Robert O’Byrne, the Dictionary of Living Irish Artists includes such pre-eminent names as Barrie Cooke, Sean Scully, James Coleman and Dorothy Cross as well as many younger practitioners based in Ireland and overseas. Extensively researched, with an incisive analysis of style, development,Continue reading “Dictionary of Living Irish Artists”
Margaret O’Brien’s article on Tom Climent in the magazine Irish Interiors | 2010
Margaret O’Brien | Irish Interiors Magazine | 2010 Tom Climent’s paintings have an arrestingly luminosity. It’s a quality that reels in the viewer, compelling them to stop, and stare into the soul of his vibrant work. In recent years many of those in the know in the Irish art world, have tipped the Cork basedContinue reading “Margaret O’Brien’s article on Tom Climent in the magazine Irish Interiors | 2010”
Robert O’Byrne’s essay on Tom Climent for the Dictionary of Living Irish Artists | 2009
Robert O’Byrne | Dictionary of Living Irish Artists | 2009 Few young artists of late have caused such excitement at their debut as Tom Climent. But then again, few young Irish artists begin their painting career by offering his kind of stirring exuberance. Within a year of graduating from Cork’s Crawford College of Art andContinue reading “Robert O’Byrne’s essay on Tom Climent for the Dictionary of Living Irish Artists | 2009”
Alannah Hopkin’s essay on Tom Climent for Representing Art in Ireland, The Fenton Gallery Book | 2008
Alannah Hopkin | Representing Art in Ireland | The Fenton Gallery Book | 2008 Tom Climent can create spectacularly dramatic paintings. With a characteristic and impressive use of chiaroscuro, areas of darkness are counter-balanced by vibrant colour. For him, the process of painting is both spontaneous and meditative, informed by his knowledge of art historyContinue reading “Alannah Hopkin’s essay on Tom Climent for Representing Art in Ireland, The Fenton Gallery Book | 2008”