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'SHADOW
BOXER' BY DAMIEN MC GINLEY.
(Shadow box - to fight an imaginary opponent,especially as training for
boxing).
THIS EXHIBITION IS A CULMINATION OF NEW WORKS I HAVE DEVELOPED AWAY FROM THE
SPOTLIGHT (IN THE SECLUDED SETTING OF DONEGAL,IRELAND),ALONG WITH A SMALL
SELECTION OF PAST WORKS - TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE I AM IN MY ARTISTIC
DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW.
MY PAINTINGS ARE STRONGLY INFORMED BY A SENSE OF PLACE,RELATING TO BOTH
RURAL,BUT MORE OFTEN URBAN SCENES. IN SOME CASES MATERIALS LIKE WOOD ARE
INTRODUCED TO THROW FORWARD A MORE 3-DIMENSIONAL ASPECT. ALSO OCCASIONALLY
LIGHT INSTALLATIONS ARE USED TO ILLUMINATE NOCTURNAL SCENES - SCENES THAT
ARE SHAPED BY VARIOUS FACTORS; MOOD,EVENTS,CHARACTERS,ETC. IT IS THESE SUCH
FAUSTIAN CHARACTERS THAT JOSTLE IN THE SHADOWS LIKE PRIZE FIGHTERS BEFORE A
BOUT,IN DISTRESSED,DISTORTED SCENES.
DAMIEN MC GINLEY.
BORN IN DONEGAL,IRELAND IN 1977,DAMIEN MC GINLEY HAS STUDIED ART IN COVENTRY
UNIVERSITY,ENGLAND (NAT.DIPLOMA FOUNDATION ART AND DESIGN),AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF WEST ENGLAND,BRISTOL (BA HONS ILLUSTRATION).
IN 1999,FOLLOWING AN IMPRESSIVE SOLO DEBUT - 'INTRO' (HELD IN CONJUNCTION
WITH RIVERDANCE IN BRUSSELS),MC GINLEY TOOK UP RESIDENCE IN ANTWERP.IT WAS
IN THIS HISTORICALLY AND CULTURALLY RICH SETTING THAT MC GINLEY LAUNCHED A
SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN EUROPE,SUCH AS THE
ILLUSTRATION OF THE NOVEL 'PAYING OTTO A FRIENDLY VISIT' BY BELGIAN AUTHOR
TOON MUSIAL,AND THE ALBUM COVER OF DUTCH BAND DANNY GUINAN AND REDS 'IF I
WAS WISE'.
IN LATE 2005 MC GINLEY RETURNED TO HIS NATIVE DONEGAL,WHERE HE CONTINUES TO
EXHIBIT HIS EXPERIMENTAL ECLECTIC PROJECTS TO BOTH NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES.
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