Ian Pentland

By Tom Best of The Auction Collective:
Ian Pentland, the Belfast born artist and architect, has created a remarkable series of ‘Timeline’ works. The artist takes a birds-eye view of a fictional landscape and, over numerous canvases, records man’s mark on the landscape as it changes and is forced to evolve. However, no human figure is ever recorded in the scene – only the consequences and products of their actions.
‘Oh what a lovely war’ is a eulogy to the First World War. The artist creates a fictional landscape in the north of Europe. Over a series of four Acts (groups of paintings of the area) Ian records both the effects of the four seasons on the landscape as well as an invasion on the town.
As the four seasons progress, the greens of the countryside turn to oranges and later whites as the snow comes in. At the same time, brown pock marks appear in the fields as the enemy attacks. Trenches appear and buildings crumble. As time progresses battle lines advance and retreat as the struggle for land is fought out. Each Act records season by season the expanding footprint of destruction until its final closing Act and eventual regeneration.

By Timothy Warrington of European Confederation of Art Critics:
Ian Pentland is a v...

Architecture

Ian is a registered architect in UK and started working full time as an artist in 2012. His last architectural position was in the role of the vice president / director in one of the world's largest practices.

July 2016 Valbonne France
May 2015 Nice France
July 2014 London Bloomsbury