Five years after the Ulster Museum's major retrospective of his work, Martin Gale has a new solo show in Belfast. One of Gale’s earliest influences was the iconic Portadown-born artist Charles Lamb, a friend of the family. Gale studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, influenced - not by abstract expressionism like most contemporaries - but by Pop Art and artists like Hockney, Rivers and Blake. He has exhibited widely in Ireland, England, Europe and the United States. He has represented Ireland in the XI Biennale de Paris and is a member of Aosdana and the RHA. His work is finely painted and detailed, often described as being a combination of early 20th century realism and more modern photo-realism. On one level he says the narrative of the work is usually implied or suggested, giving ingredients of the story and leaving the observer to bring their own interpretation. As Gale says "If it has a beginning, middle and end then it has nowhere to go. It’s over."
Martin Gale - Solo Exhibition
Mullan Gallery - Belfast - 20 May - 6 June, 2010
239 Lisburn Road, Belfast Tel: 02890 202434
Irish Art
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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