Cian McLoughlin “The Middle Watch”
J. Cacciola Gallery
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Cian McLoughlin’s scalpel of choice is paint itself. Instead of the brush, it’s the paint, thickly, aggressively applied, which seems to cut and peel away an outer skin to reveal the living pulp and soul beneath. Whether it’s a human face or the infrastructure of a building, McLoughlin’s impasto becomes raw flesh, exposed bone.
In J. Cacciola Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, THE MIDDLE WATCH, featuring McLoughlin’s recent work, some of the canvasses are tethered to realism; we recognize human faces or the structure of buildings. Others explode into almost complete abstraction; an organic world of rugged energy roiling into human form. Thus what McLoughlin reveals isn’t clarity, but mystery. Looking at his canvases, at their power and drama, we want to ask ourselves: “Who or what is that that’s been living under the skin?” We see the faces or the structured elements, but we’re no closer to intimate knowledge of them. In fact, all we get for our trouble are more secrets, deeply hidden and closely held. And therein lies the thrill.
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Schedule
from October 02, 2014 to October 25, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-10-02 from 18:00 to 20:00