Dolores Burke

Her most recent work centres on the tension of oppositions: figurative versus abstract, order versus chaos, nature versus manufacture, freedom versus restriction. She has always taken an interest in positioning the figure as a reference point within a structure which confines it in a more questioning way than simply the edges of the canvas itself.

This sets up a dialogue between the concept of the flatness of the painting surface and its prominence in abstract art, and the notion of alchemy in attempting to reproduce a three dimensional shape on a two dimensional surface. The result is work which operates on different planes in front of the viewer, oscillating between the layers of pattern created in the abstract levels, and the depiction of figures in others.

This creates a sense of timelessness, almost deadness, of the figures, and the stone-like quality of the paint surface further blurs the line between the presumedly figurative notion of the body and the abstract qualities of the patterns. The square format serves as restriction of the figure which mirrors the grid- like structure of the surface moving over and under the body.

Paintings

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(60*60cm)

(100*50cm)

(60*60cm)

(150*100cm)

(100*100cm)

(150*100cm)

(60*60cm)

(30*30cm)


Drawings

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History

Qualifications

2001
HETAC Higher Diploma for Art and Design Teachers (Limerick School of Art and Design)
2000
NCEA Degree in Fine Art (Painting)
1999
NCEA Diploma in Fine Art (Painting)
1996
NCCA Certificate in Art and Design Portfolio Preparation