Maggiore d’Oro (2021)
Gesso, acrylic and mica flake on canvas, 70 x 70 cm
School of Architecture (2014)
Acrylic on two canvases, 41 x 72 cm total
Piastrella Fresca (2024)
Acrylic on wooden panel, 30 x 40 cm
Paradise (2022)
Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
Cultural Exchange (2014)
Acrylic on canvas, 95 x 95 cm
Dyadic Quartets (2022)
Burnt fabric, thread, fabric dye, acrylic ink
Work: 51 x 82.5 cm, frame: 63 x 96.5 x 6.5 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Richard Kirwan’s studio practice incorporates painting, digital and analogue printmaking, coupled with architectural intervention and installation. His paintings are characterised by an acknowledgement and critical engagement with Modernism, particularly the art historically positioned periods of Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Conceptualism and Pop Art.
Kirwan’s paintings explore boundaries between restricted palettes of colour, applied to hard-edged geometric systems and structures, recalling the disciplines of Modernist architecture and design. His work seeks to question assumptions of theoretical and formal hierarchy, displacing notions of ‘purity’ with real world ‘contamination’.
Kirwan’s work has been widely exhibited, both nationally and internationally, with presentations throughout Europe, as well as Singapore, Brazil, Australia, Japan and the USA.
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
In Order of Appearance
Private view: Thursday 30th October, 6.00 - 8.00
31 October - 06 December 2025
Intellectual Property
2022
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
The Indiscipline of Painting International abstraction from the 1960s to now
Tate
St Ives
8 Oct - 3 Jan 2012