A Broken Surface - Photography and Mixed
Media
by Victor Sloan
An exhibition of work by Victor Sloan will be opened at the Riverbank
Arts Centre in Newbridge on Sunday
9th February at 3.00 pm and will continue until Friday
28th February.
Victor Sloan was born in Dungannon, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland
in 1945. He now lives
and works in Portadown, Co Armagh. The works in this exhibition
are selected from a body of work produced by Sloan over a 20 year
period. His ‘photoworks’, in many cases hybrids of photography
and painting, comment on various political, social and cultural
aspects of Northern Ireland. The distressed surface of the photographs
reflect the many varied contexts through which any given image can
be viewed.
Much of Sloan’s work deals with life in the North of Ireland.
However, in 1993 and 1994, Sloan visited Borne Sulinowo in Poland.
The Soviet Army, who had vacated the town overnight in 1992, had
left an unusual collection of objects and memorabilia behind them
which form the theme of a number of the works included in this exhibition.
On Thursday 20th of February at 8.00 pm, Victor Sloan will give
an illustrated talk, ‘Not Just a Record’ where he will
discuss some of the work he has produced over the last 20 years.
Sloan will discuss the origin of his subject matter, how he finds
it – or it finds him, and the various photographic and painting/drawing
techniques he employs to achieve his techniques.
Gallery opening hours are
Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 1 pm,
and 2 pm – 5pm.
For further information, please contact Catríona
Fallon on 045 448315.
Riverbank Arts Centre, Main Street, Newbridge, Co Kildare
e-mail artscentre@riverbank.ie