RCC Art Lecturer-in-Residence Christina Mullan will deliver two illustrated lectures:
1. SHED: The Philosophy of Space
‘There are rafters holding it up. Aligned with a procession of trusses it is as exalted and serene as any cathedral. Sheets of ply on top to seal. Where the scaffold stabilises, the insulation of the torched felt – the 4×2 studding and the concrete floor protect and insulates against Donegal wind. Gaston Bachelard’s consideration of how we experience intimate space.’
2. Lucian Freud, Peregrines and a Bit of John Lennon:
‘Peregrine: Having a tendency to wander
Pilgrim: Someone who travels to a holy place…‘
Admission free, all welcome
Duration estimate – 60 minutes
Delivered by RCC Lecturer-in-Residence – Christina Mullan
Christina Mullan is an artist and researcher working in Donegal. She graduated from GMIT with an MA in the Critical Theory of art. Her work aims to identify key constructive elements of successful artistic practice. It applies a phenomenological reduction to such notions as ‘the void’ and transcendence in the painted image. Utilised in contemporary philosophy and art theory, these terms have until now addressed painting from the position of the viewer, rather than painter.
By considering the role of materials/elements she examines the processes by which contemporary paintings are made and the effect of materials upon the resultant art object. This has resulted in a heretofore unconsidered hypothesis on the nature of materials – their roles in the development of art and their impact on its history. She is concerned with attempting to shed new light by constructing a theoretical and philosophical evaluation based in methodology and the tactile concerns of the artist rather than the galleried consideration of the spectator or critic. Key elements in her work focus on the notion of the sublime, materiality/substance, aesthetics and the phenomenology of the painted image.
