Dickon Hall recalls the career of fiercely-independent artist Nevill Johnson, the subject of a major retrospective at the Ava Gallery, Co Down
John Luke’s work is often considered arcane; but an exhibition planned for 2012 drawing on his early paintings and works on paper, seeks to clarify, writes Dickon Hall
The Lemon Street Gallery, in collaboration with RTÉ, are currently hosting an exhibition marking the fiftieth anniversary of the photography of Dublin by Nevill Johnson. For the first time a chronological account of Nevill Johnson’s artistic career is illustrated; mainly through photography, but also incorporating his painting and writing. The paintings range from the early 1940s to the ‘London’ paintings. The occasion also marks the launch of the Nevill Johnson Annual Award to assist emerging artists in the North and the South of Ireland, thereby acknowledging the influence of Belfast and Dublin on Nevill Johnson’s artistic development. At the height of his career as a painter Nevill Johnson turned to photography; Eoin O’Brien and Dickon Hall explain why
Dickon Hall considers the work of Northern Irish artist Arthur Armstrong on the centenary of his birth