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Sheila Naughton - Bauhaus 4
Estimate:
€700 - €1,000
Sold
€550
Timed Auction
Arthouse 2023 - Day 1
ARTIST
Sheila Naughton
Size
60cm x 60cm x 3.8cm
Category
Description
About artist: A native of Dublin, Sheila Naughton is a visual artist living in Waterford working in contemporary abstract painting and drawing. She is an Honours graduate of NCAD and Ecole Cantonale des Beaux Arts et d'Arts Appliqueés Lausanne, Switzerland.
Solo exhibitions include Ciaroscuro at The Custom House Gallery and Studios in Westport, Lightspill at The Higher Bridges Gallery, Enniskillen, Works on Paper at Gallery One in Castle Yard, Kilkenny, Blur at Dun Laoghaire County Council pop up gallery. Her most recent solo exhibition was “The Darkest Night” at The Olivier Cornet Gallery in November 2022. Work from this exhibition was purchased by the Office of Public Works for The State Collection.
Selected exhibitions include the RHA Annual, Cairde Visual at The Model and Hamilton galleries in Sligo, 9 Walls at The Hyde Bridge Gallery in Sligo, GOMA in Waterford, AKA in conjunction with Kilkenny Arts Week, The Waterford Municipal Gallery, Garter Lane Arts Centre and 44 The Quay, Waterford, Dunamaise Arts Centre, Galway Arts Centre, Shrule Arts Centre, Artnet DLR exhibitions in DunLaoghaire and Drawing Box International exhibitions. Work was also selected for recent group exhibitions at The Lavit gallery in Cork.
Sheila has been awarded residencies at The Custom House Studios and Gallery in Westport, AIR Krems in Austria, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Co. Monaghan and The Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill Island. A poem from the Achill Island residency was hand-printed with the support of The Goethe Institute in Dublin and presented to the Heinrich Böll Cottage, The Goethe Institute in Dublin and to the outgoing German Ambassador in 2021. Some works may be seen at the Olivier Cornet Gallery in Dublin and The Lavit in Cork.
Sheila was the Recipient of a Ballinglen Artists Fellowship in 2023.
About artwork: The square is a fundamental shape which many artists use to work with. It is a shape many people respond to in terms of its comforting symmetry and regularity of form. It forms the basic structure of a grid which is the underlying framework that many artists use to make paintings. It offers endless possibilities for exploration and variations on a theme. The resulting works can be as minimalist or complicated as the artist wishes. One of the most famous proponents of the use of the square was Josef Albers, the German artist and educator at The Bauhaus. In his “Hommage to the Square” series of works, begun in 1950 and ending when he died in 1976, it gave him a framework for endless exploration of his theories of colour and the interaction of colours, without the distraction of different shapes or forms. The influence of the Bauhaus is timeless and underpins much of what surrounds us in terms of visual culture today. My interpretation of the square series of works is a contemporary play on the interactions of colour and a hommage to the work of Josef Albers and the Bauhaus. The calming muted shape of the large square is offset by the use of small squares of fluorescent colour to create a dynamic visual presence.
Website: https://www.sheilanaughton.com
Instagram: @sheilanaughton1
About artwork: The square is a fundamental shape which many artists use to work with. It is a shape many people respond to in terms of its comforting symmetry and regularity of form. It forms the basic structure of a grid which is the underlying framework that many artists use to make paintings. It offers endless possibilities for exploration and variations on a theme. The resulting works can be as minimalist or complicated as the artist wishes. One of the most famous proponents of the use of the square was Josef Albers, the German artist and educator at The Bauhaus. In his “Hommage to the Square” series of works, begun in 1950 and ending when he died in 1976, it gave him a framework for endless exploration of his theories of colour and the interaction of colours, without the distraction of different shapes or forms. The influence of the Bauhaus is timeless and underpins much of what surrounds us in terms of visual culture today. My interpretation of the square series of works is a contemporary play on the interactions of colour and a hommage to the work of Josef Albers and the Bauhaus. The calming muted shape of the large square is offset by the use of small squares of fluorescent colour to create a dynamic visual presence.
Website: https://www.sheilanaughton.com
Instagram: @sheilanaughton1
Condition
Excellent Condition
Medium
Acrylic on Canvass
Signature
Yes
