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Stephen Forbes
Longest Day
2023

About the Item

This is an oil painting on canvas with figures on an icy backdrop. It comes framed in a wooden frame which has a grey outer frame and a white inner frame which perfectly compliments the colour palette of the painting. Biography Stephen Forbes was born in Northern Ireland in 1973. He trained at the Royal Academy Schools in London and at the Liverpool John Moores University. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Main Galleries, The Royal Academy Sackler Wing, The Royal Hibernian Academy, and the The London Art Fair. He has previously exhibited with the Tom Caldwell Gallery (Belfast), Charles Gilmore Gallery (Belfast), Barbara Stanley Gallery (London) Oriel Gallery (Dublin) and Rebecca Hossack Gallery (London). He now exhibits with Gormleys Fine Art (Dublin and Belfast). Pleasure is a word seldom used in the current vocabulary of art criticism and commentary; yet it is the term with which best describes Forbes works. Children jumping and swinging, women diving, men swimming - a celebration of playfulness which ignores the obsessive introspection about self, the pretentious addressing of social issues, and the knowing speculation about the process of art making - these are the starting points for the works by Forbes. It is not only the subjects of these paintings and drawings for which we use the word 'pleasure'. The sheer enjoyment of the procedures of painting by the artist as he works is inextricably linked to what is represented. The drawings are full of a quick wit and a lively touch which give them the quality of dancing thoughts, but of thoughts which are based on a keen observation of real figures and knowledge of the traditions of figure drawing, as well as being a reaction to the jostling marks on the surface of the paper. The fundamentals of the painter's business are referred to, but not laboured: the colours are red, yellow and blue, the primary pigments; the actions take place in the air, on the earth, in the water. "It would seem that Stephen Forbes has put together a language which might be used for a wider range of subjects than those represented here: one could think of the satires of William Hogarth, the grim depictions of battles by Jacques Callot or the mangas of Hokusai. We may certainly look forward to many interesting developments in his work and while the paintings encourage us to enjoy them, there is no doubt of the underlying seriousness of the artist's intentions". - Stephen McKenna, President, Royal Hibernian Academy. Forbes' work is held in public and private collections including the Allied Irish Bank , The Deutsche Bank, The Four Seasons Hotel Dublin, Queens University Belfast, Leverhulme, The Galgorm Estate and Spa, The Ulster Bank and The Office of Public Works.

Creator:
Stephen Forbes (1973, Northern Irish)
Creation Year:
2023
Dimensions:
Height: 36.23 in (92 cm)Width: 60.24 in (153 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Belfast, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: a|sf|05171stDibs: LU2633213077302