Neil Dunne

'Climbing the Walls - Part i' by Neil Dunne

6 colour hand-pulled screen print.
500 x 650mm / on 300gsm Munken Lynx rough paper. Edition of 20, signed and numbered by artist.

About the piece.
Neil Dunne’s response to lockdown and the Covid 19 pandemic featuring his unique style, colours and distinctive urban aesthetic to examine his current situation. His usual inspiration of a busy city landscape is gone and he's left to pick apart, make fun of and even find joy in feelings of containment and imposed isolation.

The series, Climbing The Walls, draws influence from the built environment and the ghosts of imagined city spaces to leave an exciting visual complex for the audience that proudly looks outwards and upwards during a time of cocooning and lockdown. 

About the Artist
Neil Dunne's work engages with issues related to the built environment and personal experience. Employing a diverse range of mediums and aesthetic strategies – including drawing, painting and printmaking – his examination of the cultural and social setting found within the urban landscape portray a sense of stasis -  capturing the fragility of a moment. Neil works with a concept of print in mind, utilising his skills in silkscreen printing and takes advantage of an expanded print practice.

Shipping and Returns
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'De-Construct' by Neil Dunne

4 colour hand-pulled screen print.
240 x 340mm / on 300gsm Munken Polar paper. Edition of 20, signed and numbered by the artist.

About the Project
Our group collection 'Dawn' was put together at during the latter stages of 2020, calling on our Damn Fine Print members, to each respond to the theme of "Dawn" through their respective approaches to printmaking.

"The idea for this print spans right back to the first lockdown, I was playing with new ways to create these collaged elements from photographs and drawings I created and struck this composition. It really came together for me quite quick and the colour choice was also immediate. When the brief for DAWN was sent out, I felt it was a perfect fit. The context of its creation, the timing, everything just fit together and flowed.

The very essence of DAWN hints at a reemergence and this is something I want this work to embody. The bright, crisp visuals suggest a fresh awakening and visually carry us forward through these dark times."

About the Artist
Neil Dunne is an artist exploring the significance of the urban landscape on personal experience, creating work that responds to the inner city environments of Dublin. Neil's practice consists of both printmaking and painting, creating interesting visuals in the space between both mediums.

Framing
Bespoke framing is available for this piece. Prices available on request.

Shipping and Returns
This print is sold unframed securely packaged in a cardboard tube, sent via An Post Standard Postage. For details on shipping and returns click here. Please note colours may vary between computer screens.

'Climbing the Walls - Part i' by Neil Dunne

6 colour hand-pulled screen print.
500 x 650mm / on 300gsm Munken Lynx rough paper. Edition of 20, signed and numbered by artist.

About the piece.
Neil Dunne’s response to lockdown and the Covid 19 pandemic featuring his unique style, colours and distinctive urban aesthetic to examine his current situation. His usual inspiration of a busy city landscape is gone and he's left to pick apart, make fun of and even find joy in feelings of containment and imposed isolation.

The series, Climbing The Walls, draws influence from the built environment and the ghosts of imagined city spaces to leave an exciting visual complex for the audience that proudly looks outwards and upwards during a time of cocooning and lockdown. 

About the Artist
Neil Dunne's work engages with issues related to the built environment and personal experience. Employing a diverse range of mediums and aesthetic strategies – including drawing, painting and printmaking – his examination of the cultural and social setting found within the urban landscape portray a sense of stasis -  capturing the fragility of a moment. Neil works with a concept of print in mind, utilising his skills in silkscreen printing and takes advantage of an expanded print practice.

Shipping and Returns
This print is sold unframed securely packaged in a cardboard tube, sent via An Post Standard Postage. For details on shipping and returns click here. Please note colours may vary between computer screens.

4 Colour screen print.
Edition of 9 & AP on 320gsm Arches 88 paper. Signed and numbered by artist.

About the artist
Neil Dunne's work engages with issues related to the built environment and personal experience. Employing a diverse range of mediums and aesthetic strategies – including drawing, painting and printmaking – his examination of the cultural and social setting found within the urban landscape portray a sense of stasis -  capturing the fragility of a moment. Neil works with a concept of print in mind, utilising his skills in silkscreen printing and takes advantage of an expanded print practice.

Shipping and Returns
This print is sold unframed securely packaged in a cardboard tube, sent via An Post Standard Postage. For details on shipping and returns click here. Please note colours may vary between computer screens.

“The Treachery Of Architecture” collects images surrounding construction and demolition in urban spaces, to reflect on changing landscapes in modern society. This book is a part of the first releases by Damn Fine Press, the publishing arm of Damn Fine Print.

Risograph printed on Context Flint and Black Nettuno Papers.
Printed using Black, Aqua, Yellow, Metallic Gold and Fluorescent Pink inks.

First Edition of 50. November 2019.

This print was made as part of our 2018 end of year show Damn Fam: A celebration of people, process and practice.

4 colour hand-pulled screenprint

36mm x 46mm / on 300gsm Somerset Cotton rag

Edition of 20

Signed and number by artist

This poster is sold unframed securely packaged in a cardboard tube.
Please note colours may vary between computer screens. 

About the print
His work here, entitled ‘MARE’,  is a four-colour silkscreen on 300gsm Somerset paper inspired by equestrian painter George Stubbs’ beautiful ‘Whistlejacket’ painting.

Dunne takes the original image and drags it through a heavy process of disintegration and editing. The print explores a Dublin identity, the original subject matter is enveloped within the context of contemporary socio-political issues. The horse itself, a statement of beauty and nature, has a distinctly Dublin setting subverting the original painting and its context.

About the artist

Dunne's work highlights the significance of the artistic process by representing cultural and social ideologies. Much of his work is realised through canvas and there is a focus on the silkscreen medium. The exploration of identity through his creative process is a central theme to his practice, highlighting a distinct Dublin rhetoric. His work appears in various collections including the OPW, UCD, The Devlin, HKOP and some private collector.
Dunne graduated with an MFA from the National College of Art and Design. He works from Pallas Projects and Damn Fine Print and is based in Dublin, Ireland.

Instagram: @neildavidjames

Single colour risograph print
297x420mm / Printed on 140gsm Context flint paper. Edition of 30. Signed and numbered by the artist.

This print accompanies “The Treachery Of Architecture”, a Damn Fine Press zine which collects images surrounding construction and demolition in urban spaces, to reflect on changing landscapes in modern society.

About the Artist
Neil Dunne is a young print artist having recently finished an MFA at the National College of Art and Design. His works explores the the significance of the urban landscape on personal experience creating work that responds to the inner city of Dublin.

About Damn Fine Press
Damn Fine Press is the newly established publishing arm of Damn Fine Print, aiming to promote the strongest contemporary art and design work in Ireland across a number of disciplines.

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This print was made as part of our 2017 exhibition Culture: A Visual Snapshot of Now. We asked artists from all over the world to lay down where we're at in 2017. 

''An overwhelming amount of imagery that circulates through my art is formed upon the depiction of my understanding of the ‘Urban’. Within these spaces the ideological wars on right and wrong are played out among the concrete, the voice and actions reverberating through art and the process of creation.

This image juxtaposes the solemn portrait ‘La Maddalena’ by Andrea Vaccaro with the stinging display of tear gas at the Baltimore riots. My intention throughout this piece is to portray a sense of despair and anguish, capturing this through the emotion of the portrait and the genesis of the riot. Each image dictates a series of emotions to the viewer; it encapsulates the longing gaze to a higher power, reflecting on the emotion of the chaos behind.

The Latin subtitle references the activation of public movements, the mass collective gathering of our young people to change and question the way our systems work, this is really inspiring to me as an artist and is celebrated through this piece.''

3 colour risoprint 

Edition Size: 30

Size: A3

Risoprinted on Munken Pure 200gsm

Signed and number by artist

This poster is sold unframed securely packaged in a cardboard tube.
Please note colours may vary between computer screens. 

About Artist

Neil Dunne is a young print artist currently researching an MFA at the National College of Art and Design. His works explores the the significance of the urban landscape on personal experience creating work that responds to the inner city of Dublin. 

www.neildavidjames.com

Instagram: neildavidjames

'System Aesthetics ' by Neil Dunne

8 colour hand-pulled screen print.
56cm x 76cm / on 280gsm bfk Rives paperSystem Aesthetics.
Edition of 10  signed and numbered by artist.

About the Artist
Neil Dunne's work engages with issues related to the built environment and personal experience. Employing a diverse range of mediums and aesthetic strategies – including drawing, painting and printmaking – his examination of the cultural and social setting found within the urban landscape portray a sense of stasis -  capturing the fragility of a moment. Neil works with a concept of print in mind, utilising his skills in silkscreen printing and takes advantage of an expanded print practice.

Shipping and Returns
This print is sold unframed securely packaged in a cardboard tube, sent via An Post Standard Postage. For details on shipping and returns click here. Please note colours may vary between computer screens.