Fergus Martin

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11 October 2008 - 11 January 2009

Fergus Martin’s exhibition at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane draws from a new body of work in the medium of sculpture and painting united by a sense of drama and raucous reflection, the placement of which leaves the viewer in an unsettled state of calm.

He has called his paintings ‘the carriers’ of colour but the colour is not restricted only to its structured composition. Mediated by the viewer's gaze, it belongs to the entirety of the world as the eye sees it, and renders it accessible.

Born in Cork in 1955, Fergus Martin works in a variety of media from two-dimensional work such as painting and photography to sculptural works, defining and questioning the relationship between central and peripheral, form and energy. Martin has exhibited widely; recent exhibitions include 'Yo, Mo’ Modernism... 1' at CCNOA, Brussels, and 'Steel' at The Irish Museum of Modern Art. The artist is represented by Green on Red Gallery.