Fergus Feehily
Pavilion

09 October - 18 November 2009

Fergus Feehily's unconventional 'paintings' (sometimes the work has little to do with applying paint to a support) are modest and restrained. Invariably elegant, they are often based on a found object or image that is transformed by a sequence of improvisational moves or procedures.

At the heart of this new collection of works is a curious relationship between reticence and revelation: in many of the paintings the surfaces are partly obscured by sheets of plywood, both raw and coloured. Typically, their tone is reflective and withdrawn; Feehily never uses strength or bravura to communicate with the viewer. His work is nonetheless emotionally resonant; it may look like a kind of formalism, but it isn't.

Fergus Feehily is represented by Green on Red Gallery, Dublin; among the galleries where he has exhibited are NAK Aachen and Jack Hanley, San Francisco.

A new publication, including a text by the artist, accompanies the exhibition.