Red Barn Gallery

SEX, ART & POLITICS
7th - 28th October 2010
An exhibition of Collective works.
by Patrick Quinn Magee

Patrick Quinn Magee (1934-2006) was an extremely talented Irish painter, cartoonist and illustrator. He was born in Belfast and was educated at St. Malachy’s College in the city, and later at Trinity College, Dublin. It was whilst he was in Dublin that he launched his artistic career, working for the Evening Herald and RTE and gaining commissions from, amongst others, the Dublin Corporation to paint murals to “lighten the bleakness”. In 1968 he joined the staff of International Publishing Corporation in London and his work was circulated widely throughout Europe and the USA – his commission work also increased and his works are held in many collections throughout the world. “Quinn” returned to his native city in 1978, where he continued to work as a freelance artist, illustrating magazines and novels, and beginning a long and productive association as a political cartoonist with The Sunday Tribune – where he was the resident staffer - and the popular Irish satirical magazine, Magill. In 1980 he won the highly coveted Award of “International Artist of the Year” at the International Exhibition in Berlin.



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All originall artwork will be on sale





Exhibition contains works from
Hustler, Club & Men Only Magazines

not
suitable for minors....

The first exhibition of his water-colours was a joint venture with his friend and Irish artist, the late and much admired Charles (Charlie) McAuley, and was held in Belfast in 1986 at The Eimear Gallery. It was entitled “The Last Age of Innocence” and captured some of the personal recollections of his youth growing up in the Belfast of the 1950’s. This proved such a resounding success that another solo exhibition was held in 1987 and, until his untimely death in 2006, “Quinn” Magee held over 20 exhibitions of both his water-colours and oils throughout Ireland.

Like any true artist, Patrick “Quinn” Magee painted what he knew and his work was in many ways a reflective prism into the man and the way he liked to live his life... gently, honestly, thought provokingly and uniquely passionate. All those who knew him have said after his death that he was true gentleman who lived to paint rather than painted to live.

Exhibition opens 7th October 2010
at 7pm
and runs until the 28th October 2010
admission is free.