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"James Quinn's paintings are... striking and unique. Over the years,
these paintings have become more complex, incorporating layers of newsprint, canvas and paint to create more challenging
images, but his core interest is still the body..."
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"James Quinn
is a self-taught painter and from the outset has produced work
with style and originality. ...His work can be found in private
and corporate collections worldwide...."
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'Art Upstairs '
Raheny artist James Quinn is pictured with one of his works
in the new studio located above his house. James's work includes
images painted onto circuit boards and canvas. To date, his
efforts have attracted the attentions of snooker player Ken
Doherty and Celtic FC boss Dermot Desmond."
Photo by Darren Kinsella.
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Ber'nards Fine Art, Belfast,
featuring 'Stravinsky',
executed on a Printed Circuit Board.
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Alan Morton, director at Moneywise
Financial Planning with his painting 'Get Yourself Connected
XVI' as shown in the 'Money' section of |
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Ken Doherty at the opening
of 'GEMINI' at the Daffodil Gallery, Skerries.
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1997 World
Snooker Champion , Ken Doherty is to open an exhibition by artist
James Quinn at the Daffodil Gallery. Ken is a collector of James
Quinn¹s unusal work and agreed to open his show when he
heard that the gallery was to exhibit a solo show of his work.
As a full time artist James began painting on canvas, but ten
years as a computing consultant has left its mark, and in 1996
he began to incorporate printed circuit boards (PCB¹s)
into his canvases . This created work with a strong technological
theme that portrays the reality of today¹s society - the
integration of mankind and the computer. The debate this work
has created has built his reputation as an artist. In his four
previous solo exhibitions around Ireland he has only shown his
technology related works. This exhibition will also include
a selection of paintings in James's 'alternative' style. These
works are broadly based on the theme of Jazz musicians.
In relation to the Circuit Board Paintings, James Quinn says:
"The Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is an object recognisable
by most people today. I am using the PCB as a motif for the
Information Technology revolution. Just like the social changes
brought about by the industrial revolution, the IT revolution
is changing the social fabric of our times. Given that we can
now use computers to design better computers, this rate of change
is increasing exponentially. The PCB's in use at the moment
will become defunct in a matter of a few years, and due to the
complexity of the technology, it is often cheaper to replace
faulty machines with newer and faster models than it is to effect
repairs.
PCB's are, of course, disposable. They are designed using software
programs and manufactured by machines driven by computers. No
method of production could be more in contrast to the methods
of painting images.
By producing these pieces I hope to recycle PCB's and give them
a much longer life span than when used only as intended.
Part of the visual appeal of these pieces lies with the contrast
between the computer aided design and manufacture of the PCB's
and the imaginative, manual construction of the paintings executed
on them." |
November-December 1998.
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"'Back to the Future'
Make
way for the age of information technology. Artist James Quinn
has. His paintings are of imaginative images painted on Printed
Circuit Boards. Part of their visual appeal lies with the contrast
between the computer aided design and manufacture of the PCB's
and the manual construction of the painting executed on them." |
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"The medium is the message
for Irish artist James Quinn, who uses PC components as a canvas
for his latest exhibition, Icons, which takes place in the Alliance
Francaise, Kildare St, Dublin from June 4-21." |
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Exhibition Listings,,
June 1997. |
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Feature, , June/July 1997.
"If you think art and
technology have to be diametrically opposed, think again. James
Quinn is an Irish artist who... is using the information age
as both inspiration and material for his latest exhibition,
Icons." |
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Festival Guide,
October 1997. |
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Opera Festival Guide,
October 1997. |
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Festival suppliment,
October 1997. |
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August 1996. |
