Rapture by Cathy Carman
Cathy says, "For me these sculptures are about ‘rapture’, about a manifestation of ecstasy, joy and passion. I find the female form carries a sense of being as otherness, so one could say the work is a personal perspective on being female.
Bronze is a material with broad spectrum of possibilities, from cold to warm, as well as from strength to fragility. There is something solid about bronze, and then the colours I use are sometimes rich reds or subtle hues, with which I try to capture various"
Cathy Carman was born in Portlaoise and studied sculpture at the National College of Art and Design, Dun Laoghaire. She is widely acclaimed for her figurative work in wood, stone, bronze and ceramic. She continues to exhibit regularly, both in-group and solo shows both in Ireland and abroad, and her more recent work has used digital imaging, natural materials found objects and sound to contextualize and counterpoint the figure.
A member of Aosdana, she was described in the book ‘Sculpture 1600-2000, Royal Irish Academy (Yale University Press’ as ‘consistently producing vital, profound and compelling sculptures. Carman draws on a well of inspiration that runs deep into the Irish landscape, as it does into her inner self’. Myles Campbell.
This exhibition was in Strule Arts Centre from Friday 6 September to Saturday 28 September 2024.
