Eamon O'Kane
Subtitle: hybrids
By: Eamon O'Kane ; edited by Paula Crabtee, Johan Sandborg, Anja Musiat
Contributors: Crabtee, Paula, editor; Sandborg, Johan, editor; Musiat, Anja, editor
Publisher: Bergen Academy of Art and Design
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bergen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9788280130938
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Other titles: Hybrids
Work titles: Works
Description: The publication 'Hybrids' presents two bodies of work that has ran parallel in O'Kanes artistic work. The first body of work uses his parents' house, the house he grew up in, as its main subject. The second body of work examines among other things the legacy of Friedrich Fröbel on modern society. The publication 'Hybrids' comprises three texts and a rich photographic documentation of his work. In the first text Eamon O'Kane contextualises several strands within his art practice to reflect on his most current artwork and how it relates to contemporary society. In an interview researcher and writer Gideon Fink Shapiro questions Eamon O'Kane about how architecture and design are addressed in relation to sources of inspiration in O'Kane's artwork. Dr. Angelica Nollert examines how the artworks relate to Eamon O'Kane's earlier practice and situates them in relation to contemporary art with references to relational artwork and the history of interactive installations in art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141).