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Michael Mallin: Born in Dublin in 1874. He joined the army at 16. A common career for working class boys at the time. Alongside Countess Markievicz he commanded the Irish Citizen Army, becoming Chief of Staff. He took possession of St Stephen’s Green and the Royal College of Surgeons. He declined to take the Shelbourne Hotel, the dominant building overlooking the garrison, leaving the rebels fatally exposed. Machine gun fire from British positions in the hotel had, by Tuesday, forced the rebels into the nearby Royal College of Surgeons from where they surrendered that Sunday. He was executed on 8 May 1916. The Easter Rising 1916 captured my imagination, as much as the aftermath of the actual event fuelled the emotions and sense of self-determination of the Irish people, now over a 100 years ago. My Project, which started in late 2014, was focused on the 16 "leaders", who were executed for their involvement. The project took 14 months to complete and resulted in 16 interconnected portraits. The fact that they were ordinary people, really struck me and made me portray them without any military regalia or references. Most of the paintings do provide hints to their lives pre-Rising, to evoke the curiosity of the viewer as to their meaning and maybe a reaction to learn more about them. When you will look at any of the 16 up close, you will find one or more recurring elements, like parts of the Proclamation, use of red paint, the dark background and Ivy. The Proclamation might be evident, the use of red paint representing their spilt blood. The dark background their destiny, but why Ivy? The painting is framed in a black wooden tray frame, the painting placed inside the tray, symbolising a casket, the background edge between the painting and the tray is coloured red, to symbolise the spilt blood and the public rage that ensued.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
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Born in 1960's Amsterdam, Antoon Knaap grew up in tumultuous times. The cultural revolution of the 1960s and 1970s made Amsterdam the magical centre of Europe. Following a career in finance, he moved to Ireland early 1990's where he started his own business and became an avid woodworker. In the aftermath of the economic crisis he moved to Spain, where helped by the sun he rediscovered his love for painting. End 2014 he returned to Ireland. Guess the rain was more appealing than the sun.... Currently based in Maynooth, in the Republic of Ireland, Antoon Knaap is a visual artist who makes figurative art from the head and abstract art from the heart. Over the years his figurative and abstract work has increasingly been bleeding into each other, leaving us with an expectation of things to come. Interpolating and blending the lines from his historical figurative work and his abstract geometric leads us towards a future of more conceptual abstract while historical. Time will tell. Working with acrylic paint embellished with spray paint, Knaap visually expresses encounters between past events and the moment they are translated to the canvas. He often uses geometrical shapes that include circles, rectangles and others to represent channels for understanding the past, the experience of suffering or joy, and the feelings of the heart. His vibrant colours create modern icons that connect the visible world with those of time dimensions gone by. Knaap’s work can be found hanging in the Kildare Gallery, on the railings of Dublin’s Merrion Square on any given Sunday as well as the homes of private collectors internationally. His work has been featured in countless local publications in print and online. Statement The beauty, ugliness and wonder of our history is a continuous inspiration. My spirituality is one of contemplation and quietude, I don’t shout from rooftops, but I channel my emotions and opinions on paintable surfaces. I also find inspiration for myself and my artwork in reading and like to work on multiple paintings at any one time. I am also constantly in the middle of a few books and I especially love the work of Philip Pullman who with subtle slits has opened my mind to many universes I knew existed but could never visualise through lack of imagination. The world has an invisible side that beckons all of us, that is why people study theology, quantum physics, contemplative prayer, the multi-verse and all the other far reaches of the human mind.
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