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On The Balcony of the Nation (1989)
Dermot Seymour (b.1956, Belfast)
Oil on Canvas
H: 157, W: 121 cms
Dermot Seymour studied at the University of Ulster where he received a BA in Art and Design in 1978 and an Advanced Diploma in Art and Design in 1981. He has been described as a social realist, exploring the anxiety, bewilderment and absurdity of the situation in Northern Ireland and representing it with definite imagery but in an oblique and obscure way. His work has been included in many exhibitions: ‘On the Balcony of the Nation’ which toured the USA during the early 90s, ‘The Fifth Province – Some New Art from Ireland’ which toured Canada from 1991-93 and ‘In a State’, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. He has had solo shows in Belfast, New York, Berlin and Dublin.
