New paintings from Brian Maguire at the Kerlin Gallery this spring tackle injustice with compassion and dignity for the victims, writes Barbara Dawson

Brian Maguire’s concerns are continually addressed through a practice that is always changing. His work goes round in a circle and as it goes round it gathers momentum; everything that rises eventually converges. His evolution is not defined by adopting a new practice — it is a constant that has shifted to a new level in this compelling, emphatic and compassionate suite of paintings. Maguire brings into view what is hidden and forgotten