Eamon O'Kane utilizes the imagery of Modernism in both his installations and two-dimensional works as a jumping off point to explore humankind's noble attempts to develop a harmonious relationship with the natural world. His Fröbel-inspired installations pay homage to Friedrich Fröbel, the inventor of Kindergarten, and those Modernist artists, architects, and designers so influenced by his teachings. In his paintings, Modernism becomes the thread by which Eamon explores the double-edged sword of human achievement - the effort to achieve utopia through artistic pursuits and the inevitability of the failure to reach that exalted state of existence. Eamon works with works with painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and video. He will give a lecture discussing a number of his artworks over the last ten years.
Eamon O´Kane is Professor of Visual Art: Painting and Drawing at the Institute for Fine Art, Faculty of Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen.