The Big House

Artist Brian Maguire (b. 1951)

Date1988

MediumAcrylic on canvas

Dimensions206 x 166 cm

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Purchased from donations given the the Hugh Lane Gallery Trust, 2005. © Brian Maguire.

Object number1977

DescriptionBrian Maguire is today recognised as one of the most important Irish Expressionist painters of the younger generation. His work, both in its imagery and its style is often aggressive and highly confrontational yet also contains lyrical, tender and caring elements. The themes that occupy him concern the issues surrounding the isolation of the individual in society. This is represented in his work through images of isolated beings trapped within the framework of social life. Politics, sex, the Catholic Church, life in Ireland and various forms of repression are among the topics that inform his work.

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