Rowan Gillespie

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Lazy Lady , 2008, with Rowan Gillespie

Rowan Gillespie (* 1953 in Dublin ) is an Irish sculptor. He is known for his sculptures made of bronze .

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Gillespie is the son of a doctor. He grew up in Cyprus. In 1969 he first studied at the York School of Art, where he was taught, among other things, in bronze casting by Sally Arnup. The following year he attended Kingston College of Art in London and became a student of John Robson, through whom he met Henry Moore . He then studied at the Statens Kunstskole in Oslo and worked for three years at the Munch Museum Oslo , where he gave lectures. In 1977 he returned to his hometown Dublin. There he set up his own studio with a foundry. One of his larger assignments was an order from the Bank of Ireland for ATM All Stars trophies (1979). In 1989, Gillespie began to increasingly create works for public spaces, particularly in Dublin. In return, he exhibited less often. Most recently he took part in an exhibition in 1996.

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Blackrock Dolmen , 1987, Blackrock, Dublin

Gillespie mainly creates figurative sculptures made of bronze that he cast himself, and more rarely fiberglass sculptures, which he covers with bronze. He often depicts nudes . Some of his works are realistic, the other is reduced in form and expressively designed. The work of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch influenced his work . Gillespie created the following works, among others:

  • Dublin, Blackrock By-Pass / Co: Blackrock Dolmen , bronze, 1987.
  • Dublin, Irish MMA., City University, Earlsfort Terrace: The Kiss , Bronze, 1989.
  • at Cashel, Brian Boru, National Heritage Center: Cashel Dancers , bronze, 1991.
  • Sligo : WB Yeats , bronze, 1990.
  • The Treasury Building: Aspiration , bronze-coated fiberglass, 1995.
  • Dublin, Custom House Quay: Famine Monument , 1996/97.
  • Limerick , National Self-Portrait Collection Rotterdam, Gimbere en Dhomen: Ambition , bronze, 1999.
  • Dublin, Merrion Hotel: Ripples of Ulysses , 2000/01.
  • Gouda : Looking at the Moon , bronze, 2001.

Exhibitions (selection)

Famine Monument , Dublin, 2007
The Jubilant Man , Toronto, 2007

Solo exhibitions

  • 1974 Moss (Norway), Kunstforeningen
  • 1975, 1976, 1978, 1982 Drøbak , Gallery Cassandra
  • 1976, 1977, 1980 Dublin, Lad Lane Gallery
  • 1982, 1984, 1986-88, 1994-95 Dublin, The Solomon Gallery
  • 1977 Dublin, Tromsø, Gallery 71; Bodø, Kunstforeningen; York, Austin Hayes Gallery
  • 1979 London, Alwin Gallery
  • 1986-88 London, Jonathan Poole Gallery
  • 1981, 1986–88, 1994–95 's-Hertogenbosch , Galerie Hüsstege
  • 1983 New York: Puck Inaugural Exhibition; Poole Wills Gallery

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1979 Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy

Web links

Commons : Rowan Gillespie  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gillespie, Rowan . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 54, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22794-3 , p. 173.
personal data
SURNAME Gillespie, Rowan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin