Sinéad Rice Ireland
Born 1975, Ireland.2025 EDUCATION M.A. Painting Royal College of Art, London, UK. 2007 M.A. Ceramic Design National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. 2002 B.A. Fine Art Painting (First Class Hons) Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland. 1993 B.A. Arts English and Philosophy National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
“Things are abstract in the non-visible, the transcendental goal of every path or journey. Individuals and phenomena dissolve through their own immediate existence.” (Massimo Cacciari)*1
The monochromatic surfaces are built up through intense layering and sanding back of oil paint over time to create a sense of disintegration, irregularity, dissoloution and imperfection. These layers relate to the way in which layers are built up and worn down through the natural processes of time. This process also helps to create a sense of “Yugen” an Asian concept which means inexpressible depth or invisible beauty. This idea explores fleeting moments of awareness and sudden realisations of the transient nature of life which happen in the experience of “true reality”.
This work arises from the study of Japanese aesthetic philosophy combined with research into of the place of spirituality in contemporary postmodern society and its influence on monochromatic painting.
1. “Monochromes, From Malevich to the present.”
Rose, Barbara
Page 174
University of California Press
Artwork
Astral Plane, Oil on birch Panel, 2025