“Meantime is a collection of paintings by Kathy Tynan made over the past two years. The title is partly borrowed from the 1983 film of the same name by Tynan’s favourite director, Mike Leigh. It’s also a reflection on a question posed last winter by Tynan’s then three-year-old son, Frank. Waiting for friends to arrive at a holiday cottage in Wexford, while his mother stacked firelogs and patted radiators to see if the heating was coming on, Frank asked: Is it the meantime?
The scenes depicted in this exhibition take place in the meantime. Time passes slowly in these paintings. While far more significant events take place in the wider world, for the artist, a child grows and a terrier ages within a familiar landscape.” – Extract from a commissioned text written by Ingrid Lyons to accompany the exhibition.
Kathy Tynan is an artist from Dublin who practice is primarily based in paint. She won The Golden Fleece, special award in 2020 and was shortlisted for The Zurich Portrait Prize and the Hennessey-Craig Prize for Painting in 2019. In 2018, Tynan carried out a three month residency at the Cité International des Arts, Paris. Her work is held in collections such as Trinity College Dublin and the Arts Council of Ireland.
Kathy Tynan, Meantime runs at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery from 8th August – 7th September 2024
Opening Thursday 8th August | Reception from 6pm
Image: Kathy Tynan, Spring Painter, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, 2024
