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John Kingerlee
United Kingdom
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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Cardboard
- Other details : Artwork on cardboard. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 7.5x5.5in
About this artwork
This work explores the fragile and ever-shifting nature of identity, where the human face emerges from a turbulent field of red, white, and black—suggesting emotion before clarity. The intense red acts as a visceral backdrop of raw feeling—passion, conflict, and inner unrest—while layered gestures both construct and dissolve the figure, reflecting the tension between control and chaos. The face appears partially formed, as if shaped by memory, pressure,…
and time, inviting viewers to confront the idea that identity is not fixed but constantly breaking down and rebuilding itself beneath the surface.
John Kingerlee
United Kingdom
Credentials
- Featured in gallery curations
John Kingerlee, a self-taught painter from Ireland, crafts his own paints and draws on life in wild corners of Ireland. His style dynamically blends abstraction and landscape, dissolving boundaries between figuration and imagination with gestural techniques rooted in expressive, intuitive exploration. His paintings evoke a sense of wonder, inviting viewers to lose themselves in the miracle of seeing and being, capturing the meditative joy and unpredictability of creative chance. William Zimmer NY Times art critic for 25 years wrote a major essay on John Kingerlee's Head paintings. He wrote "they are portraits of The Everyman...they are compelling because they are at once spectral and obdurate, winsome stoic and expectant...they emanate from their surroundings: rough, built-up painted surfaces that resonate with the rugged landscape on the Beara Peninsula in west Cork Ireland. In the end persistence makes Kingerlees heads heroic.
John Kingerlee
Abstract Head
$3,110
