POOL
Dorothy Cross & William McKeown
19 February – 20 March 2010
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
Dorothy Cross, Relic, 2009, Shark (Porbeagle), 21 carat gold leaf; William McKeown, Ocean, 2009, oil on linen
Relic, 2009, Shark (Porbeagle), 21 carat gold leaf [detail]
Whale Flower II, 2010, Bronze
Relic, 2009, Shark (Porbeagle), 21 carat gold leaf
Dorothy Cross / William McKeown Still Life I, 2010, giclee print on paper & watercolour on paper
Pool (triptych), 2010, Archival pigment print
Dorothy Cross, Poll na bPéist, 2008, Archival pigment print
This is an exhibition of work together with friends Dorothy Cross and William McKeown. (1962- 2011)
‘Our work manifests in very different forms but we nevertheless share similar sources of reference and inspiration. In the case of POOL it is the human biological affinity to water that provides the common ground; from such actions as sitting in a bath, drinking a glass of water, diving into a pool or sitting on the shore looking at the ocean. This elemental relationship has historically been at the heart of both of our practice and on this occasion has resulted in a wonderfully poetic body of work employing a diverse range of mediums; from the delicate watercolours on paper of McKeown to Cross’s suspended shark skin gilded inside with 21 carat gold.’