CATHERINE OWENS | ARTIST TALK | NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELAND | SEPTEMBER 2019
Channel: Catherine Owens
Date: 17/12/2019

REFLECTION & ILLUMINATION - LIGHT AS  VISUAL LANGUAGE
In September 2019, The National Gallery of Ireland invited Catherine Owens to come and talk about her life and work living in New York City. The focus of the lecture was her multidisciplinary arts practice, and in particular her use of LED lighting technology as a medium. The lecture was given in conjunction with the exhibition titled 'Sorolla : Spanish Master of Light'. 

In this video, Owens speaks about her childhood growing up in Ireland, attending college in Belfast, Ireland in the early 1980's (during the  height of the Troubles), and her decision in the mid 80's to emigrate  to New York. She discusses her solo practice, her recent exhibitions, and her collaborative work over many years with the band U2.  She also talks about artists who's work has influenced her: Christo and Jean Claude, James Turrell, Bill Viola, Jenny Holzer, Helen Frankenthaler, Es Devlin, Camille Souter, Cecil King and El Greco.  

The lecture is a record of a particular time in New York's art history and illustrates how living in the city shaped Owens's life and work over the last thirty years.

For further information please go to:
catherineowens.net