Category Archives: Bibliography

Stepping into an artist’s studio is a privilege- one that as an arts worker, I never take for granted. As I approach Tom Climent’s studio, in the heart of Cork city, I smell paint, layers and layers of paint – I love that smell. My introduction to this new body of work Land and LongingContinue reading “Mary McCarthy’s catalogue introduction to the exhibition Land and Longing at Solomon Fine Art | May 2022”

Cristín Leach’s catalogue introduction to the exhibition Everlast at Solomon Fine Art | July 2020 “When I’m working, I try to stay out of it.” Tom Climent, when he is working, is not thinking about particular places. The places he paints are nowhere and everywhere. One remarkable aspect of his work is that every paintingContinue reading “Cristín Leach’s catalogue introduction to the exhibition Everlast at Solomon Fine Art | July 2020”

Mark Ewart’s Article Shifting Sands in The Irish Arts Review | Spring 2020 Tom Climent’s studio is situated in the heart of Cork City, amidst an enclave of old churches and sites of cultural and historical importance. One of these – the nearby Elizabeth Fort – is a physical and metaphorical exclamation – an imposingContinue reading “Mark Ewart’s article Shifting Sands in The Irish Arts Review | Spring 2020”

Aidan Dunne | Review of Aspect | Solomon Fine Art | The Irish Times | May 2018 One of the works in Tom Climent’s exhibition Aspect is titled, perfectly, Magic Mountain, evoking Thomas Mann’s classic novel of ideas. The main protagonist’s seven years spent in a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, high above the “flatlands”,Continue reading “Aidan Dunne’s review of Aspect at Solomon Fine Art in The Irish Times | May 2018”

Carissa Farrell | Introduction to Aspect | A catalogue accompanying the solo exhibition at Solomon Fine Art | 2018 Aspect continues Tom Climent’s exploration of the diminishing boundaries between landscape and abstraction by travelling further into fictional terrains of hybrid mountains, hills, uplands and plateaus. In previous groupings these features of the temperate Irish countrysideContinue reading “Carissa Farrell’s catalogue introduction to the exhibition Aspect at Solomon Fine Art | 2018”

Carissa Farrell | Introduction to Aspect | A catalogue accompanying the solo exhibition at Solomon Fine Art | 2018 Aspect continues Tom Climent’s exploration of the diminishing boundaries between landscape and abstraction by travelling further into fictional terrains of hybrid mountains, hills, uplands and plateaus. In previous groupings these features of the temperate Irish countrysideContinue reading “Carissa Farrell’s review of Latitudes at the Dunamaise Arts Centre in The VAI news sheet | February 2018”

Cristín Leach | Review of Latitudes | Dunamaise Arts Centre | The Sunday Times | February 2018 Cork-Based painter Tom Climent has been honing his approach to abstraction for more than 20 years. This show which features fantastical landscapes in which mountains and rocky outcrops take the form of multifaceted geometric structures. They sit underContinue reading “Cristín Leach’s review of Latitudes at the Dunamaise Arts Centre in The Sunday Times | February 2018”

Niall MacMonagle | What Lies Beneath | Meridian by Tom Climent | The Sunday Independent | 2016 The sun, that 4.6 billion-year-old, far-away ( 149 million kilometres away ) burning star, and now 300 degrees hotter than it was when it was born doesn’t always deliver. Irish summers are hit-and-miss; ones, when the sun shone all theContinue reading “Niall MacMonagle’s article What Lies Beneath on the painting Meridian by Tom Climent in The Sunday Independent | 2016”

Mark Ewart | Introduction to In its Reflection | A catalogue accompanying the solo exhibition at Solomon Fine Art | 2016 Tom Climent is an archetypal ‘painters’ painter’. His work evolves from an intensive process of constructing and de-constructing surfaces, until a harmonious balance of colour and texture is achieved. And like any artist who pays seriousContinue reading “Mark Ewart’s catalogue introduction to the exhibition In its Reflection at Solomon Fine Art | 2016”

John P O’Sullivan | Review of Season Map | The Gallery Room @ Liss Ard Estate | The Sunday Times | 2015 The glorious gardens of Liss Ard Estate in Skibbereen boast James Turrell’s Sky Garden, arguably the most spectacular piece of public art in the country. This summer there’s an additional reason for art lovers toContinue reading “John P O’Sullivan’s review of Season Map at The Gallery Room @ Liss Ard Estate in The Sunday Times | 2015”