Moyna Flannigan : earth sky body

17 Sep-14 Nov 2015

Overview

Moyna Flannigan's paintings are of singular female figures, perhaps a more accurate description than the common noun 'women'. Their single or grouped presence, in a barren, darkened landscape is as a solitary or multiple set of sculptural icons, reminding us of Giacometti and like his bronzes, Flannigan's figures are materially present to the viewer. The skillful execution of their barren settings matches that of the figures and recalls the sparse, but intentionally precise settings for productions of Samuel Beckett plays. Not a single brushstroke is wasted. The artist refers to Beckett 'paring down language and content' and she, too, achieves this distillation with exemplary assurance.