Solomon is delighted to host its first solo exhibition of recent works on canvas and paper by artist Michael Wann. In Void Pastoral, Wann presents us with a new collection of charcoal landscape where the themes of boundary and perimeter are central.
In this exhibition we see Wann use landscape as a metaphor and drawing as a vehicle for an underlying augury of environmental anxiety. Through an emotive resonance of light and shade, the mostly unpopulated 'everyday' rural settings in Wann’s compositions are charged with unease and a disquiet of perspective. Temporal moments of weather speak of memory and place, of pictorial space, and the mapping of terrain.
Currently based in Sligo, Michael Wann was born in Dublin in 1969. He studied at Sligo IT, graduating with a Diploma in Fine Art in 1992, and a Bachelor in Fine Art in 2003. Wann has exhibited widely in Ireland, including solo exhibitions in the RHA, The Model, Sligo, Custom House, Westport, Solstice, Navan, Draiocht, Dublin, and Claremorris Gallery, Co. Mayo. A regular exhibitor at the RHA's Annual Exhibition, he was awarded the AXA Insurance Drawing Prize in 2006, and the ESB Sean Keating Prize and RHA Silver Medal in 2016. In 2010 he was selected for the Tom Caldwell Drawing Prize and the Inaugural Rowel Friers Perpetual Trophy at the Royal Ulster Academy's Annual Exhibition; and in 2012 awarded a Merit Prize from the Trustees of The Golden Fleece.
Wann’s work is included in public collections such as the Boyle Civic Collection, Waterford Municipal Collection, Office of Public Works, Mayo County Council, Fingal County Council, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, AXA Insurance and the Ballinglen Archive, as well as private collections in Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Michael Wann: Void Pastoral
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Michael WannShadow Bearing, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 120cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Shadow Bearing, 2022€ 7,200.00
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Michael WannPerimeter Light, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 120cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Perimeter Light, 2022€ 7,200.00
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Michael WannBound for Higher Groundcharcoal & wash on canvas100 x 120cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Bound for Higher Ground€ 7,200.00
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Michael WannThe Beaten Track, 2022charcoal and wash on canvas100 x 120cm
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Michael WannEnclave, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Enclave, 2022€ 6,400.00
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Michael WannSilent Orchard, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Silent Orchard, 2022€ 6,400.00
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Michael WannWoodlet, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Woodlet, 2022€ 6,400.00
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Michael WannShadow Confines, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Shadow Confines, 2022€ 6,400.00
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Michael WannOuter Edge, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Outer Edge, 2022€ 6,400.00
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Michael WannArboretum, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas100 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Arboretum, 2022€ 6,400.00
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Michael WannBivouac, 2022charcoal & wash on canvas90 x 90cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Bivouac, 2022€ 6,000.00
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Michael WannImminent Flood, 2020charcoal & wash on paper70 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Imminent Flood, 2020€ 4,400.00
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Michael WannVanishing Point, 2021charcoal & wash on paper70 x 100cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Vanishing Point, 2021€ 4,400.00
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Michael WannThe Long Roadcharcoal & wash on distressed Fabriano paper50 x 70cm€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannOut There the Island, 2017charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Out There the Island, 2017€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannThe River, 2019charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, The River, 2019€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannBack Road Home, 2017charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Back Road Home, 2017€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannThe Beach (after Constable), 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, The Beach (after Constable), 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannThe Disquiet, 2019charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, The Disquiet, 2019€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannThis Mottled Land, 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, This Mottled Land, 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannThe Parish Bounds, 2017charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, The Parish Bounds, 2017€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannOmens, 2017charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Omens, 2017€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannCooke's Godbeams, 2017charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Cooke's Godbeams, 2017€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannSomething in the Air, 2017charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Something in the Air, 2017€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannDraining the Land, 2020-22charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Draining the Land, 2020-22€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannDividing Waters, 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Dividing Waters, 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannVincent's Garden, 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Vincent's Garden, 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannPrevailing Winds, 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Prevailing Winds, 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannThoroughfare, 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Thoroughfare, 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannLast Light of Evening, 2022charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Last Light of Evening, 2022€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannBog Weather, 2019charcoal & wash on paper50 x 70cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Bog Weather, 2019€ 2,600.00
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Michael WannA Tree for Constable, Cornfield, 2018charcoal & wash on paper35 x 43cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, A Tree for Constable, Cornfield, 2018€ 1,400.00
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Michael WannA Tree for Constable, Vale, 2019charcoal & wash on paper35 x 43cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, A Tree for Constable, Vale, 2019€ 1,400.00
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Michael WannViral Landscape, Road to Water 1, 2020charcoal & wash on paper30 x 40cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Viral Landscape, Road to Water 1, 2020€ 1,200.00
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Michael WannViral Landscape, Road to Water 2, 2020charcoal & wash on paper30 x 40cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Viral Landscape, Road to Water 2, 2020€ 1,200.00
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Michael WannViral Landscape, Road to Water 3, 2020charcoal & wash on paper30 x 40cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Viral Landscape, Road to Water 3, 2020€ 1,200.00
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Michael WannViral Landscape, Road to Water 4, 2020charcoal & wash on paper30 x 40cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Viral Landscape, Road to Water 4, 2020€ 1,200.00
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Michael WannMongrel Weather, 2019charcoal & wash on paper25 x 35cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Mongrel Weather, 2019€ 1,000.00
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Michael WannSeptember Shadows, 2019charcoal & wash on paper25 x 35cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, September Shadows, 2019€ 1,000.00
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Michael WannThe Reed Bed (after Dermot Healy), 2021charcoal & wash on paper25 x 35cm
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Michael WannWaters Rising, 2021charcoal & wash on paper25 x 35cm
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Michael WannBorder Floodlands, 2019charcoal & wash on paper25 x 35cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Border Floodlands, 2019€ 1,000.00
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Michael WannLand Divided, 2021charcoal & wash on paper25 x 35cmSolomon Fine Art - Michael Wann, Land Divided, 2021€ 1,000.00
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CATALOGUES
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HARDBACK CATALOGUE
MICHAEL WANN: Void Pastoral
A 68-page, linen-bound hardback catalogue is available
Price: €30.00 plus P+P
Published by Silent Orchard Books on the occasion of the exhibition Void Pastoral by Michael Wann,
at Solomon Fine Art, Dublin, 7 - 30 July 2022ISBN: 978-1-7397470-2-2
©2022 All rights reserved by the publisher, the artist and the authors, and may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission from the artist, the authors and the publisher.
Designed by Michael Wann and Eyecon Design Consultants
Printed by GPS Belfast
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SOFTBACK CATALOGUE
A 28-page softcover catalogue with a limited selection of exhibition images has also been published by Solomon Fine Art
Click HERE to download the PDF version
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REVIEWS / PRESS / MEDIA
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Michael Wann: Not In Alphabetical Order
Fingal County Council Collection Catalogue June 1, 2019 Access the catalogue in full here: http://fingalarts.ie/resources/NiAO2_240x300mm_80pp+Cover_LowRes.pdf -
Michael Wann: Irish Arts Review
Brenda Moore-McCann visits Sligo-based artist Michael Wann (Spring 2016 issue) May 1, 2016 IRISH ARTS REVIEW Michael Wann “In a Garden I Once Knew” exhibition Cross Gallery, April 17th -May 7th 2016. We draw to see what we think Brian O’Doherty Eye and... -
Michael Wann: Irish Times Review
by chief critic Aidan Dunne (May 2016) May 16, 2016 Visual art: Three different ways to pass the Francis Bacon test A talented trio focus on plants, backwoods scenes and crumbling facades By Aidan Dunne Tue May 3 2016 THE... -
Michael Wann: Meet the Artist
Draoicht, Dublin April 14, 2011 Meet the Artist - Michael Wann 14 April 2011 Wann’s work is specifically drawing-based, and juxtaposes arbitrary or transient images of cleared landscape, with more thought provoking depictions of the...
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