Irish artist Conor Walton will present ‘Saturnalia’, a major exhibition of his figurative paintings, at Galerie Feinart in Berlin. The Saturnalia, according to tradition the most popular festival in ancient Rome, still stands for exuberance, abundance, the exercised pleasure in the whole realm of the sensual and the suspension of class boundaries (slaves were treated as equals). Three reasons lead from here to the title “SATURNALIA” for this exhibition of paintings by Walton: the allegorical fantasy, the realism of sensuality, the provocation of the absurd.
The opening reception is at 6pm, Thursday 12th September; all welcome.
On September 14th and October 6th the artist will engage in a public portrait-painting demonstration in the gallery and invites sitters for this event. Please contact the gallery if interested.
Conor Walton is an Irish artist and painter of international renown. He has had twenty one solo exhibitions in Europe and America and won numerous prizes for his work including the Gino de Agrò International Award 2022, ModPortrait 2017, The Taylor Prize 1993 and was shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award 2005. He was born in Ireland in 1970 and trained at NCAD in Dublin and Charles Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy. He lives and works in Wicklow, Ireland