Eamon O'Kane: ONEIRIC SPACES

The idea that there must be a place somewhere, a space where happiness in life is in the air, so to speak, is ingrained in most people. We usually look for this place in the unknown, in a paradise that cannot be localised. But some also believe that people can create this paradise themselves. Architects are among these people.

In his work, the Scandinavian-based Irish artist Eamon O'Kane explores the architectural ideas of paradise in the modern age. He paints, draws and photographs buildings from Bauhaus to Brutalism. In the Ideal Homes series, O'Kane focuses on real-life houses by renowned architects and designers of different generations and origins, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius, Richard Neutra and Mies van der Rohe. The architectural concepts of the architects to whom Eamon O'Kane refers differ in detail. But what they all have in common is that they saw themselves as visionaries - and are still seen as such by others today - and that their buildings are regarded as examples of a certain kind of ‘ideal architecture’.

 

In his latest oeuvre and the associated exhibition ONEIRIC SPACES , O'Kane has been inspired by the architecture of ARNDT GEIGER HERRMANN to create a new series of artworks.

The exhibtion is a collaboration between ARNDT GEIGER HERMANN, Eamon O'Kane and Galerie Andres Thalmann.