Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Kevin Kavanagh
12 Kepakemapa - 12 ʻOkakopa 2024
Ke hoʻohana nei i ka huaʻōlelo ke poʻo inoa i kāna hana, ʻo Dermot Seymour ka hōʻikeʻike hou, 'The Nine Primates of Ulster' ma ke Kevin Kavanagh Gallery e hoʻololi i nā pīhopa me nā monkey i nā kiʻi plaintive o nā ʻano simian like ʻole, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia ka Primate o kēlā me kēia kalana o Ulster. Ua hōʻike mau ʻia ka hana a Seymour i nā ʻāina kino a me ka noʻonoʻo e hoʻohālikelike ai i ka ʻĀkau o ʻIlelani a me nā kalana palena, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka naʻau a me ka maka aloha a me ka hopohopo no kāna mau kūʻē a me nā mea lapuwale.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei i kāna ʻoihana ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau me Martin Mackin ma ka Kevin Kavanagh Gallery i ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua wehewehe ʻo Seymour i ka 'akau' ma ke ʻano he wahi ordinariness e uhi ai i nā 'huna huna. Ua kamaʻilio aloha ʻo ia e pili ana iā Monaghan kahi āna i noho ai no kekahi mau makahiki a ʻo ia hoʻi, e like me Cavan a me Donegal, he ʻāpana o Ulster akā ʻaʻole ia he ʻāpana o 'Northern Ireland'. No ka poʻe Monaghan, ka mea a Seymour i ʻōlelo ai, "ua kamaʻilio e like me aʻu," polū ka ʻāina, kaʻana like ʻana i nā lawelawe, kūʻai, mahiʻai a me ka hana ma kahi ʻāina mau. Ma ke kaʻina hana lapuwale, ʻaʻohe pili o ka 'Nine Primates of Ulster' i nā palena diocesan e ola nei, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e nānā i nā palena kalana a i ʻole ka palena. Ua haʻi maloʻo ʻo ia i ka pau ʻana o ka pena kiʻi mua ma ka moʻo. Ka Primate o Antrim (2023), ka mea, i ka pau ana, hoʻomanaʻo iā ia iā Ian Paisley, hāʻawi iā ia i ka ikaika e hoʻomau, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e hoʻopau i nā kalana 32, akā i ka hopena, kū i ka ʻeiwa o Ulster.
Ma kāna hoʻolauna ʻana, wehewehe ʻo Mackin i kahi ʻano koʻikoʻi o ka hana a Seymour ʻoluʻolu. ʻOi aku ma mua o nā holoholona ʻē aʻe, ʻo nā bipi a i ʻole nā ʻīlio, loaʻa i nā monkey kahi ʻano like ʻole o ke kanaka e like me ke kanaka i hopu maikaʻi ʻia e Seymour. Ua kūpono kēia i kāna ʻenehana pena e lele ana i loko o kahi ākea haiki ma waena o ka realism a me ka painterliness paʻa paʻa. Ma 'The Nine Primates of Ulster' ua pololei ka like a me nā kikoʻī, me ka hoʻokalakupua i ka hana ʻana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Koe no ka Primate o Irelani a pau (2024), hōʻike ʻia kēlā me kēia primate i mua o kahi kāʻei kānana i hāʻawi ʻole i ke ʻano o ka gravity a i ʻole ka hohonu o ke kahua. Ke hoʻoikaika nei kēia ʻano hoʻoheheʻe ea hakahaka i ka nānā ʻana i ka primate a me kona ʻano ʻano like me ke kanaka.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻole ʻana ma waena o nā monkey a me nā pīhopa e hoʻomaka ana i kahi pali paheʻe i loko o ka noʻonoʻo ʻole ʻana i nā moʻolelo kumu i loko o kēlā me kēia kiʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, he moʻolelo ʻoluʻolu. ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke kōkua i ke aloha me nā maka melancholic a me nā poʻohiwi kuʻi o nā Primates o Derry a me Down, a i ʻole e mahalo i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, heroic, Guevara-like o nā Primates o Cavan, Donegal a me Monaghan. ʻO ka Primate o Tyrone (2023) me he mea kānalua naʻe akā hoʻoikaika ʻo ia i kona hoʻāʻo ʻana i kahi ʻeha ʻeha, ʻoiai ʻo ka Primate o Fermanagh (2023) nānā i waho ma kahi hōʻike luhi o ke kaumaha. ʻO ke kāwele nui loa no ka Primate o Irelani a pau He oligarch ka nānā 'ole 'ia e holoholo ana ma luna o ka palena 'āina o nā mahina 'ōma'oma'o uka o uka, me ka piko ho'okahi ma kona piko. Hoʻololi ia i ka ikaika o ka hōʻikeʻike a he mea hoʻomanaʻo ia i ka hierarchy paʻa ʻole o ka Ekalesia.
ʻAʻole maopopo ka manaʻo o ka pilina ma waena o nā monkey a me nā pīhopa. ʻOiai kā lākou mau ʻōlelo 'ʻuhane', hoʻohauʻoli ka hōʻikeʻike i kekahi anthropomorphic altruism a ʻōlelo hou aku i ke ʻano o ke kanaka narcissistic e nānā i ka honua a me nā mea āpau i loko ma o ka prism o ka ʻike kanaka. He mea paʻakikī ke haʻi aku inā he paʻakikī a hoʻoikaika paha ʻo Seymour i nā manaʻo i ʻae ʻia e pili ana i nā monkey me ke ʻole o ke kūʻokoʻa a me nā pīhopa ma ke ʻano he mau mana. I ka hopena, ʻaʻohe mea nui a ʻaʻohe mea nui. I ka pane ʻana i ka nīnau a Mackin e pili ana inā he mea kālai'āina ʻo ia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ke hōʻike wale nei au i kaʻu mea e hele nei." Ua haʻi ʻia kēia moʻolelo pohihihi no nā makahiki he nui i nā ʻāina 'bucolic' o Seymour me nā bipi, hipa, helikopa, missiles a me nā hae i hoʻopiʻi i kāna mea i wehewehe ai he mau makahiki o ka "huna ʻole ʻia, nā kūʻē huna a me nā moʻolelo huna ... ma lalo o ka pena ..." In ʻO 'The Nine Primates of Ulster', hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka waiho ʻana i nā mea āpau a pane ʻole ʻia me ka nui o ka ʻakaʻaka a me nā kiʻi kiʻi.
ʻO Carissa Farrell kahi mea kākau a kahu ʻo ia ma Dublin.
