On The Surface Of It | A solo exhibition by Anthony Wigglesworth

October 2 - October 14, 2018

On The Surface Of It _ A solo exhibition by Anthon

We’re delighted to announce the opening of Anthony Wigglesworth’s new solo show ‘On The Surface Of It’.

 

The show will run from the 2nd to the 14th of October.

 

The exhibition launches officially on Thursday 4th October | 6pm - 8.30pm.

 

Piano music on the night will be performed by Izumi Kimura.

 

Over the last five years acclaimed Irish artist Anthony Wigglesworth has exhibited Internationally with Sol Art most notably in New York, London, Manchester, Chicago and Miami.

 

About the Artist:

Anthony Wigglesworth was born in 1979 and is currently based in the coastal town of Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.

This year his work was exhibited at the prestigious Art Wynwood in Miami under the direction of Sol Art Gallery. 2019 will see more of Anthony’s work travelling to Miami, to Etra Fine Art Gallery under the direction of Alicia Restrepo and Stefano Campini. He has been invited to once again exhibit at Edinburgh Art Fair 2018 and has also planned Art Wynwood, Miami 2019 with Sol Art Gallery.

Anthony’s new series of oil paintings, with titles like ‘Silver Strand’, ‘Standing In The Shallows’ and ‘Black Sands’, all draw inspiration from living and working by the sea.

“I grew up around Dun Laoghaire as a kid. I moved back here about four years ago to a house overlooking the West Pier and converted one of the rooms to a studio. I’m lucky, the windows there overlook the sea. I can see the weather systems rolling across the sea from Howth. I can’t help but see a similarity between these rolling weather systems and the techniques I use in my painting. Some days I find myself responding on the canvas to the light that’s reflecting off the sea,” Wigglesworth says of his vibrant work.

“As I walk along the coastline I like to photograph the sunrise from the pier. The blues, pinks and the oranges in the photos then serve as colour inspiration for new artworks. The light over the last few months in Dun Laoghaire has been particularly amazing. From the pier, I’ve seen Dublin Bay look like a floating sea of silver, a night sky over the city tha was purple and a sunrise with a vignette of storm clouds, the blacks, silver, oranges and gold all dancing as they reflect of the sea. It would difficult not to be inspired.”