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Stephen Loughman

28 May 2009 - 20 June 2009

In his latest show, Stephen Loughman again uses ‘screen-grabs’ from films as his source material – predominantly those set during WWII. Together, the works act as a pseudo-narrative of a conflict, but when they piggyback on the existing storylines of the films they reference, their meaning becomes blurred. By mixing these images with those based on a variety of non-military documentary sources the combination of "real" and film (myth) creates a skewed narrative – one which calls into question the linear, prejudiced reading of a history.


Stephen Loughman, born 1964, lives and works in Dublin. He studied at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, 1982–1987. Solo shows include: The Lake, Kevin Kavanagh, 2006; Stephen Loughman, 26th Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil, 2004 (selected by Valerie Connor, Irish Commissioner); Acvariu, Kevin Kavanagh, 2003; 2C Langdale Rd BN3 4HN, Kevin Kavanagh, 2001; New Paintings, Kevin Kavanagh, 2000. Group shows since 1999 include: Stephen Loughman and Mark O'Kelly, Galway Arts Centre, Ireland, 2007; Contemporary Art from Ireland, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, 2005; New Territories, ARCO ’05, Madrid, 2005 (curated by Enrique Juncosa); En direct de Dublin, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 2003; See it as it is, Draiocht, Blanchardstown, Dublin, 2001; Perspective 2000, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, 2000 (selected by Lynne Cooke); EV+A 99, Limerick City Art Gallery, Ireland, 1999 (selected Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn). He has received numerous Arts Council of Ireland bursaries and his work is in public collections, including: Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Arts Council of Ireland, AXA Insurance & The Office of Public Works and private collections in Ireland, UK and Spain.

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