Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Light House
‘Stanley Kubrick: Taming Light’ is a group exhibition of 25 new works from Irish and international painters, photographers and illustrators paying tribute to the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, ten years on from his death. The exhibition will take place at Light House Cinema, Smithfield (Dublin) for the month of October, 2009.
The show is curated by film critic John Maguire, who has invited a roster of established and emerging Irish and international artists to pay tribute to their cinematic inspiration. “Ten years on from his death in 1999, Kubrick exerts a huge influence, not just on cinema, but on culture in general. For a new generation of artists, photographers and illustrators, Kubrick is more than just a director, consummate storyteller or technical genius. Kubrick stands as something greater; a genuine film artist; the master of composition, colour, movement and spectacle,” says Maguire.
The exhibition poster is a specially commissioned piece from Uruguayan illustrator Martin Ansin. Ansin’s hand-drawn retrospective of Kubrick’s classic characters, topped by a portrait of the director, is available as a collector’s item as a high-quality art print, in a limited edition of 250 only, at Light House Cinema.
The exhibition website has more information on the artists participating in the exhibition, including links to their websites. The site also contains a gallery of the artists work, and specially commissioned monographs on Kubrick’s visual genius from various film critics and commentators.
Participating artists include: Martin Ansin, Joby Hickey, Chris Judge, Francis Matthews, graffiti artist 2Cents, Mike Ahern, Annie Atkins, Ciaran Og Arnold, David Turpin, David Cleary, Jay Roche, Kiersten Essenpreis, Geraldine Doherty, Alan Lambert, Steve Doogan, Fergal Brennan, Scalder, graffiti artist Maser, Mark Wickham and Cliona O Flaherty.
The exhibition is free of charge and is organised on a not-for-profit basis. The show is not a sales event. Light House Cinema is a four-screen, 600-seat cultural cinema located at Market Square, Smithfield Plaza, Dublin 7.
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