Repose
Print
1978 (made)
1978 (made)
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The suite of six prints of which this is one, was loosely inspired by the 'Big Bang' theory of the creation of the universe. The titles, in order, are: Alpha, Bang, Flight, Repose, Retreat and Omega. The artist describes 'Repose' as signifying accomplishment, satisfaction and culmination, with the pyramidal mount a mausoleum dedicated to the effort of all that has come before. The rose- enmeshed in a kind of enigmatic diagram- aboved the mausoleum, is intended to suggest that the Mausoleum signifies the secrets (as in 'sub rosa'), of the Universe and the fruitless yet noble quest to understand them.
'Repose' was shown in 'Art and Cartography' at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1980 where the catalogue entry notes: "According to the artist 'the struggle is over. The world and the universe are in harmony.' ....... O'Donohue Ros, like other contemporary artists in this country and in Europe, is turning increasingly to considerations of the environment, the physical and metaphysical reality of the universe and constructing abstract concepts on recognizable, tangible often topographical symols of this world."
'Repose' was shown in 'Art and Cartography' at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1980 where the catalogue entry notes: "According to the artist 'the struggle is over. The world and the universe are in harmony.' ....... O'Donohue Ros, like other contemporary artists in this country and in Europe, is turning increasingly to considerations of the environment, the physical and metaphysical reality of the universe and constructing abstract concepts on recognizable, tangible often topographical symols of this world."
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint and hand colouring on paper |
| Brief description | Mixed media print by Tighe O'Donoghue, 'Repose', 1978 |
| Physical description | Image divided in two by horizontal line: lower two thirds of image a tumulus (hill or mountain shape) with shrubs and paths against a black ground , at top, a rainbow, to left and to right two moons, above, folds of translucent cloth. Upper third of image printed with creamy ground against which a scattering of broken curved lines, a pink rose and a diagrammatic dotted line. |
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| Production type | Artist's proof |
| Copy number | A/P |
| Marks and inscriptions | Tighe O'Donahue / 'A/P' (Signature; edition. Both inscribed in pencil) |
| Credit line | Given by the Artist |
| Production | This work is from a suite of six prints titled Apokatastassis. The artist appears to spell his name in variant ways. |
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| Summary | The suite of six prints of which this is one, was loosely inspired by the 'Big Bang' theory of the creation of the universe. The titles, in order, are: Alpha, Bang, Flight, Repose, Retreat and Omega. The artist describes 'Repose' as signifying accomplishment, satisfaction and culmination, with the pyramidal mount a mausoleum dedicated to the effort of all that has come before. The rose- enmeshed in a kind of enigmatic diagram- aboved the mausoleum, is intended to suggest that the Mausoleum signifies the secrets (as in 'sub rosa'), of the Universe and the fruitless yet noble quest to understand them. 'Repose' was shown in 'Art and Cartography' at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1980 where the catalogue entry notes: "According to the artist 'the struggle is over. The world and the universe are in harmony.' ....... O'Donohue Ros, like other contemporary artists in this country and in Europe, is turning increasingly to considerations of the environment, the physical and metaphysical reality of the universe and constructing abstract concepts on recognizable, tangible often topographical symols of this world." |
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| Accession number | E.370-1992 |
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| Record created | December 30, 2005 |
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