Lot 47 Charles Tyrrell

Charles Tyrell b.1950 SHADOWLINES VII, (1998) Oil on canvas over timber, 48'' X 48'' (122 x 122cm), signed on right side of canvas and also signed verso. This painting comes from a series of paintings called Shadowlines. Aidan Dunne spoke of Tyrrell's painting of this time as follows: To say that the paintings resist interpretation should not be taken to mean that the painter is against them being understood. It's more a question of the level at which he believes that they can be understood, the level at which he believes they can function. In this regard they are certainly about their refusal to be pinned down in terms of meaning. That is, they are about something that cannot quite be depicted, though they continually approach depiction. This painting was first exhibited in Charles Tyrrell's second solo exhibition with Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London, May-June 1998. It subsequently was exhibited in Ten Years, the artist's ten year retrospective at the Royal Hibernian Academy, November 2000 - January 2001.