BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211006 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Patrick Scott: meditations DESCRIPTION:This year is the centenary of the late Patrick Scott (1921-2014)\, one of Ireland's most celebrated abstract artists.\n\n\n\nScott\, who was born in Kilbrittain\, County Cork on 24 January 1921\, had his first exhibition when he was just 23 years old\, but would only become a full-time artist in 1960. Having spent fifteen years working as an architect\, Scott's compositions often incorporated geometry and impeccable design. He represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale (1960) and\, although ostensibly abstract\, his works ranged from the nuclear protest of Diptych\, a 1960s 'Device' painting\, to his harmonious 'Gold Paintings' that reveal his interest in Zen Buddhism.\n\n\n\nFellow artist Brian O'Doherty considers that "Scott's landscapes tremble on the edge of non-recognition\, and then go over. His circles sun\, cell\, seed\, blot always elevated to the top half of the canvas over an horizon line\, said that your associations are your own\, but insisted that I am just a picture. As he went on to his mature gold and unprimed canvases\, this insistence became as much part of the painting as the paint."\n\n\n\nThis exhibition presents five of Scott's works in the collection\, meditations from five different decades in the artist's long career. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This year is the centenary of the late Patrick Scott (1921-2014)\, one of Ireland&rsquo\;s most celebrated abstract artists.
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\nScott\, who was born in Kilbrittain\, County Cork on 24 January 1921\, had his first exhibition when he was just 23 years old\, but would only become a full-time artist in 1960. Having spent fifteen years working as an architect\, Scott&rsquo\;s compositions often incorporated geometry and impeccable design. He represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale (1960) and\, although ostensibly abstract\, his works ranged from the nuclear protest of Diptych\, a 1960s &lsquo\;Device&rsquo\; painting\, to his harmonious &lsquo\;Gold Paintings&rsquo\; that reveal his interest in Zen Buddhism.
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\nFellow artist Brian O&rsquo\;Doherty considers that &ldquo\;Scott&rsquo\;s landscapes tremble on the edge of non-recognition\, and then go over. His circles &ndash\; sun\, cell\, seed\, blot &ndash\; always elevated to the top half of the canvas over an horizon line\, said that your associations are your own\, but insisted that I am just a picture. As he went on to his mature gold and unprimed canvases\, this insistence became as much part of the painting as the paint.&rdquo\;
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\nThis exhibition presents five of Scott&rsquo\;s works in the collection\, meditations from five different decades in the artist&rsquo\;s long career.

\n LOCATION:Crawford Art Gallery\, Emmet Place\, Cork T12 TNE6 UID:e.2489.23838 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260410T013059Z URL:http://corkchamber.chambermaster.com/events/details/patrick-scott-meditations-23838 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR