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Diana Copperwhite: The Clock Struck Between Time

 

Diana Copperwhite

The Clock Struck Between Time

April 30 – June 1, 2019.

 

Chelsea, New York: 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel is very honored to present Diana Copperwhite’s, The Clock Struck between Time, from April 30 to June 1, 2019. The opening reception is on Tuesday, April 30 from 6pm to 8pm, with the artist in attendance. 

Copperwhite, who is based in Dublin, in these new paintings expands upon her concerns of figuration, abstraction, and representation with references both to time as it is observed and counted and to the temporality of music and memory. Her arresting critical approach to abstraction by way of a “computer-inflected visuality,” as suggested by Stephen Maine in his Hyperallergic 2017 review, suggests reality is a pliant screen and evokes the instability of images and the fragility of memories as metaphors for the precariousness of our present realities.

 

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Shadowland

Diana Copperwhite

November 13 – January 10, 2015

When describing Diana Copperwhite’s work Colm Toibin wrote:

“Her work is about painting first and foremost; [these] references merely serve a purpose.  Thus digital images which freeze and fragment an original image fascinate her, but such images in themselves are not enough, they provide a way into the painting.  It is their visuality which inspires rather than any precise sense of a blurred or fragmented reality.   Because she physically likes making paintings, everything is subservient to what paint will achieve.”

Copperwhite makes paintings that move fluidly between representation and abstraction. Photographs, montage and assemblage all aid the process and become ancillary works that pin down fleeting thoughts, glimpses and reactions to a media saturated age.  Her interests and sources are eclectic and wide ranging, from social media to philosophical debate to art historical references.  Yet, as Toibin points out, her paintings are no more about the image than they are about the process of painting itself.  Her work is phenomenological in that momentarily emotional responses override the need to capture reality.  Something has piqued her interest and from that initial interest she thinks in colour, in tone, and texture, in setting herself a visual problem to which there is no single definitive solution.  Her palette is composed of murky undertones punctuated by bright neon rifts. The fluidity and expressiveness of the painting gives little hint of the rigorous and formal abstract principles applied to the making.

Diana Copperwhite studied Fine Art Painting at Limerick School of Art and Design and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. She completed an MFA at Winchestor School of Art, Barcelona in 2000.  Diana is a tutor at the National College of Art and Design,Dublin.  Her work is in the collection of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Arts Council of Ireland, and also in collections in the United States, Europe and Australia.

The writer Colm Toibin is currently Irene and Sidney B Silverman Professor of Humanities at Columbia University.  He is an IMPAC Dublin Literary Award prizewinner, and has appeared on the Booker shortlist, most recently in 2013 for his play the Testament of Mary.

 

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Diana Copperwhite

 

Diana Copperwhite – Works available on Artsy (link)

 

Diana Copperwhite’s work stems from an idiosyncratic practice that embraces the temporal nature of painting practice. This encompasses working with large-scale wall installations, large canvases and an ongoing interest in the human portrait.  Born 1969 in Limerick, she studied at the Limerick School of Art and Design from 1987-92, received a BA in painting at the National college of Art and Design, Dublin and went on to do an MFA at the Winchester School of Art and Design, Barcelona.  Copperwhite is engaged with a sustained conceptual exploration of memory and abstraction. Using identifiable subjects, and sometimes drawing on media images, she plays with light and color to create slightly unreal dreamlike and transitory compositions. The mood of her work is generally lyrical, creating an air of ambiguity of memories transformed in the unceasing passage of time.  In a most unique capacity, she works over recognizable images, working and reworking their surface and adding rich layers, so that objects are transported in an entirely new direction into a fluid visual quality of being remembered or reimagined in singular vibrant ways.

 

Her work is in public collections, including Irish Museum of Modern Art; Arts Council of Ireland; Limerick City Gallery of Art; Office of Public Works; Contemporary Irish Art Society; Mariehamn Stadbiblioteque, Aland, Finland; International Red Cross Netherlands — and private collections in the US, Australia and Europe.  She has exhibited widely, including in London, Dublin, Tokyo, Sydney, Amsterdam, Barcelona, New York. France and Amsterdam.  Copperwhite was awarded the AIB Art Prize in 2007, which resulted in a major monograph and touring exhibition of her work.  Her recent publication Fake New World was published to coincide with a wall drawing and recent exhibition at the RHA Gallery Dublin, it features a recent biography written by Gail Levin. She was a resident artist at the Josef Albers Foundation Connecticut (2012). She was a finalist in the Guasch Coranty Fundacio Painting Prize, Centre Cultural Metropolita Tecia Sala, Barcelona (2008) and was winner of the AIB Art Prize (2007).  Diana Copperwhite, born 1969, lives and works in Dublin.

 

The Brooklyn Rail – The Clock Struck Between Time (article link)

 

 

Education

1999-2000          Winchester School of Art and Design, Barcelona, MA European Fine Art

1992-94             National College of Art & Design, BA Hons, Painting

1987-92             Limerick School of Art & Design, NCEA Diploma, Painting

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2019      

The Clock Struck Between Time, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York

 

2017      

Crooked Orbit, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

Depend On The Morning Sun, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York

 

2016        

Driven By Distraction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

 

2015

A Million and One Things Under the Sun, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

 

2015    

Solo Booth at Pulse, New York

 

2014      

Shadowland, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York

 

2013     

Loose Ends, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York Solo Booth at VOLTA NY, New York

 

2011     

An Island from the day before, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

 

2009    

perfect near miss, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

eclipse of a title, Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Drogheda

eclipse of a title, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

 

2008    

eclipse of a title, West Cork Arts Centre

 

2007    

BLIND SPOT, Limerick City Art Gallery

 

2006       

In a certain light, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

 

2005           

Midnight, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

 

2001     

Galleri Kakelhallen, Aland, Finland

 

2000    

Panorama Gallery, Winchester School of Art, Barcelona

 

1998     

Rubicon Gallery, Dublin

 

1996     

Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2019

MAKing Art:PAINTing, collection of Arts Council of Ireland, Draíocht  Gallery, Dublin

PRISM The Art And Science of Light, group show with Diana Copperwhite, Polly Apfelbaum, David Batchelor, Alan Butler, James Clar, Jenny Holzer, Brigitte Kowanz, Dennis McNulty, Emer O’boyle, Grace Weir. The Glucksman, Cork, Ireland.

 

2018

Bounty, two-person show with Aileen Murphy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

Context Art Miami, 523 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel Booth, Miami

Group Show at Mark Rothko centre as part of painting symposium, Daugavpils, Latvia

HOME, More than Bricks and Mortar – Works from the IMMA collection, Draíocht, Dublin

Hells Kitchen,Thomas Jaeckel (off site), New York

Double Vision, w/Shirly Copperwhite, dlr Lexicon, Co. Dublin

 

2017      

Last Picture Show, w/, Mary Heilmann, Chris Ofili, Danny Rolph, Vanessa Jackson, Elio Rodriguez, Jill Levine, Rebecca Smith, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York

Virtú, inc. Picasso, Giacometti, Henry Moore, Elizabeth Magill, Sean Scully, Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland

 

2016      

Winter Salon, Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York

 

2015      

Crawford Gallery, The Mall Galleries, London

The Art of a Nation, from the collections of AIB, Mall  Galleries, London

 

2014     

Inside the Palace, with Danny Rolph, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

New Acquisitions, RHA, Dublin

Paintings, Limerick City of Culture, Limerick, Ireland

 

2012     

Into the Light, The Arts Council-60 Years of Supporting the Arts Crawford Art Gallery, Cork

Anna Bjerger, Diana Copperwhite and Oliver Comerford, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

Painting Now, Ron Mandos, Amsterdam

Making Familiar; Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, curated by James Merrigan and Group show and Symposium: Temple Bar Gallery

VOLTA 8 Basel, Switzerland

Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Temporary public Art Commission

The Mind was Dreaming, the world was its Dream, Diana Copperwhite, Michael Kalmbach & Hiraki Sawa, Curated by Jacqui McIntosh, Solstice Art Centre, Navan, Ireland

 

2011      

The Fold, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow

New Works Visiting Artists, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin

Graphic Studio: 50 Years in Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

 

2010     

Collecting the New: Recent Acquisitions to the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

Regarding Painting, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

The Marianbad Palace, Haroon Mirza, Diana Copperwhite, Laura Buckley, Jorge de la Garza, Alicja Kwade and Ian Monroe, Highlanes Gallery and Driochead Arts Centre, Drogheda Arts Festival, curated by Jacqui McIntosh

Abundance, Limerick City Gallery of Art

 

2009    

Above the Fold, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

Alchimie – Multiples – Papiers, Françoise Besson, Lyon, curated by Michael Woolworth, Lyon Biennale

Visiting Artists, Graphic Studio Gallery

To Have & Have Not, curated by Gemma Tipton, Kinsale Arts Week, Cork

 

2008    

Group Therapy, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin

Winter Salon, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin

International Painting Prize, Guasch Coranty Fundacio, Tecla Sala, Barcelona

 

2007    

Presence, Limerick City Gallery of Art

The Big Store, curated by Alan Butler & Rayne Booth, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin.

Group show, curated by Martin Gale Fenton Gallery, Cork

Invited artist, RHA Annual Exhibition, Gallagher Gallery, Dublin

 

2006    

Other Visions, curated by Aidan Dunne, Art Critic, The Irish Times, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London

 

2005    

A Moment In Time, Temple Bar Gallery

Reality Show, curated by Gemma Tipton, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee

Group Show, From the Liberties to Parramatta, University of Western Sydney, Australia

 

2000    

Aqui/alli, Can Felipe, Poblenou Barcelona

 

 

1998    

E+va, Exhibition of Visual Art, curated by Jeanne Greenberg, Limerick City Gallery of Art

Fantastic Overload, Rubicon Gallery Dublin

 

Site Specific Projects

 

2016      

Driven by Distraction, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin

 

2012     

Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Temporary public Art Commission

 

2008    

eclipse of a title, Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, Drogheda

eclipse of a title, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

 

 

Awards and Residences

 

2018     Residency at Mark Rothko Centre, Latvia

 

2015       Nominee, Pulse Prize, New York

 

2012      Josef Albers Foundation Connecticut, Invited Artist.

 

2008     Finalist – International Painting Prize, Guasch Coranty Fundacio, Barcelona Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Project Residency

 

2007     Winner of 2007 AIB Prize

 

 

Selected Bibliography

 

2017      

Diana Copperwhite: Signal to Noise, Stephen Maine, Hyperallergic, January 7th, 2017

 

2016      

Driven by Distraction, Dr. Yvonne Scott, Irish Arts Review, Vol.33 No.3

 

2015      

Worlds on the brink and cosmic explorations, Aidan Dunne, Irish Times, April 2015

A walk through the art fairs, Brian P.Kelly, Arma Virumque, The New Criterion, March 10th 2015

A Scanner Darkly, Diana Copperwhite in conversation with Helen O’Leary, Professor of Painting, Penn State, Two Coats of Paint, Painters Table, April 2015

This lasted until dawn – works from the IMMA collection, Irish Times, May 2015

 

2014      

Pulsing Pulse, 2014 New York edition, Sharon Butler, Two coats of Paint, May 2014

What Lies Beneath, Niall MacMonagle, Irish Independent, February 2014

RHA Annual Show, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, June 2014

 

2013    

Painting in Chelsea: September, Elizabeth Condon, Painter’s Table, September 2013

Highlights from Armory Week: Recap from Artist’s Point of View, Dana Nichols, Cartwheel Art, March 2013

 

2012    

The mind was dreaming, the world was its dream, John Gayer, The Visual Artist’s News Sheet, March –April 2012

The Hellfire Club, Maria Tanner, Paper Visual Art Journal, September 2012

 

2011    

The Fold: A Painting Show, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Gemma Tipton, Artforum Critic’s Pick

Spirits in the material world, Cristín Leach Hughes, The Sunday Times, October 2011

Carlow’s Visual Joins the Fold, Gemma Tipton, The Irish Times, May 2011

The Fold: A Painting Show, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, February 2011

A view from the island, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, November 2011

 

2010    

On a Lighter Note, Gerry McCarthy, The Sunday Times, May 2010

 

2009     

Diana Copperwhite: Perfect Near Miss, Kate Butler, The Sunday Times, May 2009

 

2008     

Spliced Realities, Alanah Hopkin, Irish Arts Review, Autumn 2008

Past, Present and Future, All at Once, Eimear McKeith, Sunday Tribune, October 2008

Eclipse of a Title, Chris Clark, CIRCA, Winter 2008

Painted from a Personal Palette, Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, November 2008

 

2007     

AIB Prize, Marian O’Kane Boal, Irish Arts Review, Summer 2007

 

Selected Publications

2016     

Fake New World, monograph published by Royal Hibernian Academy, text by Gail Levin, Dublin, 2016

 

2015     

A Lonely Impulse of Desire, published by SO Fine Art, in conjunction w/ A Lonely Impulse of Desire, Dublin, 2015

A Scanner Darkly, Diana Copperwhite in conversation with Helen O’Leary, for Pulse New York, 2015. ISBN: 978-0-9560538-6-2

 

2012  

The Mind was dreaming, the world was its dream, Jacqui McIntosh, Solstice Arts Centre, ISBN: 978-0-9560538-2-4

The Hellfire Club, Michelle Horrigan, Padraic E. Moore, Brian O’Doherty, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, ISBN: 978-0-9558630-5-9

 

2011     

Creative Ireland: The Visual Arts, (anthology) Noel Kelly, Sean Kissane, Visual Artists Ireland, ISBN: 978-1-907683-11-4

 

2010   

Dictionary of Living Irish Artists, (anthology) Robert O’Byrne, Plurabelle Publishing, ISBN: 978-0-9563011-0-9

 

2009    

Eclipse of a Title, Colm Tóibín, Skye Sherwin, West Cork Arts Centre, ISBN 1-904354-20-3

 

2007   

Flat Earth, Kevin Kavanagh for ARCO Madrid, ISBN 978-0-9555164-0-5

 

Collections

National Gallery of Ireland

 

Rothko Centre, Daugavpils Latvia

 

Irish Museum of Modern Art

 

Allied Irish Bank

 

Arts Council of Ireland

 

Limerick City Gallery of Art

 

The Office of Public Works

 

Contemporary Irish Art Society

 

Bank of Ireland

 

Dublin Institute of Technology

 

Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery

 

Jefferson Smurfit

 

KPMG

 

Arthur Andersen Plc

 

International Red Cross Netherlands

 

Mariehamn Stadbiblioteque

 

Aland, Finland

 

The President of Ireland

 

Jean Cherqui Paris

 

Arthur Cox Solicitors

 

DPS Engineering

 

National Self Portrait Collection

 

Private collections in Ireland, Belgium, Finland, France, USA and UK.

 

 

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DIANA COPPERWHITE
September 10 – October 19, 2013

We are pleased to announce Diana Copperwhite’s first US solo show in collaboration with Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin.  This follows on from her succesful solo presentation at VOLTA NY earlier this year, and her residency at the Josef Albers Foundation in December 2012.

“Whose afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue” asked Barnett Newman in the sixties amid the era’s monikers of post-painterly abstraction and colour field painting.  His answer, and indeed the answers of his compatriots at the time, seem to us now as stately as they are staid.   They sit comfortably into the art historical narrative -the progressive imperative of Modernism.  The paintings of Diana Copperwhite deliver us back into the maelstrom of colour resurrecting the fear that such charged tints and hues can conjure. Copperwhite’s colours misbehave, taunting and mocking our narrow appreciation of their emotional potential”.
-Patrick T. Murphy, Director of Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin.
Former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, at the University of Pennsylvania.

“Diana Copperwhite constantly mentions  a musical logic and a sense of musical notation and tonality as she describes the act of painting. But, on the other hand, she insists that she does not pre-structure, that she allows one colour to suggest another, that the element of gesture and chance is essential as is the flash of insight and the swift ability then to structure it, to carry it out.”

Colm Tóibín

Diana Copperwhite (b. 1969, Ireland) lives and works in Dublin.  In 2012 she was a resident artist at the Josef Albers Foundation Connecticut, USA.  She was a finalist in the Guasch Coranty Fundacio Painting Prize, Centre Cultural Metropolita Tecia Sala, Barcelona (2008) and was winner of the AIB Art Prize (2007).  Her work is in public collections including: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Arts Council of Ireland, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Office of Public Works, Contemporary Irish Art Society, Mariehamn Stadbiblioteque, International Red Cross Netherlands, and private collections in the USA, Australia and Europe.
Recent shows include;  Painting Now, Ron Mandos,Amsterdam (2012), Into the Light:The Arts Council of Ireland, Crawford Gallery, Cork (2012); Diana Cooperwhite, Anna Bjerger and Oliver Comerford, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2012); Making Familiar, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin (2012); The Mind was Dreaming, the world was its Dream, Diana Copperwhite, Michael Kalmbach & Hiraki Sawa, Solstice Art Centre, Navan (2012); An Island from the day before, Kevin Kavanagh, Dublin (2011); The Fold, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow (2011); Collecting the New: Recent Acquisitions to the IMMA Collection, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2010); and eclipse of a title, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2009).

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