Killary Bay Possibly 1979 - 1983

Curator: Barry Flanagan, born in 1941, invites us to contemplate "Killary Bay." Though undated, its evocative lines capture something essential about the landscape. Editor: The stark contrast between the sage green background and the white linework creates an arresting image. The composition feels almost skeletal, pared down to its most fundamental form. Curator: The pared-down quality resonates. Killary Bay itself, in Ireland, is a place laden with history—a fjord carved by glaciers, witnessing centuries of human presence. These simple lines feel like a collective memory. Editor: But the lines themselves are so active! They writhe and dance across the surface. It’s a curious tension—a seemingly placid scene rendered with such dynamic strokes. Curator: Perhaps this dynamism reflects the constant push and pull of nature, the enduring dialogue between land and sea so central to the Irish landscape. Editor: It leaves me pondering the space between representation and pure abstraction. It offers something more than just a view, something that hints at an underlying structure. Curator: A structure of place, maybe, that we carry within us, a persistent echo of the past.