Exhibition
Shadowman: Surrealist Artworks by Patrick Hourihan
11 Oct 2019 – 24 Oct 2019
Event times
Highgate Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 1-5pm, Saturday 11am-4pm, Sunday 11am-5pm; closed Mondays
Cost of entry
free
Address
- Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution
- 11 South Grove
- London
England - N6 6BS
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: 143, 210, 271 from Archway tube to Highgate Village
- Tube: Archway or Highgate
London-based Surrealist Patrick Hourihan presents a selection of paintings, drawings and boxed found objects in his new exhibition.
About
An exhibition about a Surrealist journey and its discoveries.
‘Inside Patrick Hourihan's skull there nestles a mental coral reef alive with magical images of unknown dramas and unfamiliar conflicts. His private world is as intense, as complicated and as visually captivating as anything the ocean reefs have to offer. His technical wizardry allows him to explore this world of the unconscious and permits us to eavesdrop on its many perverse and contradictory scenes. His work has the special merit of being instantly recognisable as his. No other artist comes close to his imagery. An intrepid internal explorer, he is quite splendidly alone in his voyages of irrational beauty.’
Desmond Morris, April 2019
This selection of paintings, drawings and boxed found objects represents the work of London-based Surrealist Patrick Hourihan. He has used automatic drawing and other channels of accidental discovery as a way to unlock the poetic potential and sense of the Marvellous that awaits in seemingly mundane and unexpected situations of everyday life. The spirit of the Shadowman exhibition seduces the viewer to look through newly opened windows with the dreamer's innocent eye.
Patrick Hourihan is London born. He studied at the Watford School of Art. He has been creating imaginative worlds since childhood, leading to a love of Surrealism while at college. He was, for a number of years, an active member of the Surrealist London Action Group (SLAG).
http://www.patrickhourihan.com