Text by Eamonn Maxwell, Jennifer Higgie, Yvonne Scott.
Dwyer’s tumultuous canvases document her painting processes: layering and erasing, burying and excavating
The title of the inaugural monograph of Irish artist Sarah Dwyer (born 1974) refers to the art historical concept of pentimento—from the Italian pentirsi, “to repent”— which refers to the visible traces of an artist’s revisions within a painting. For Dwyer, these transformations lie at the heart of her practice.
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Published by Hatje Cantz. Text by Eamonn Maxwell, Jennifer Higgie, Yvonne Scott.
Dwyer’s tumultuous canvases document her painting processes: layering and erasing, burying and excavating
The title of the inaugural monograph of Irish artist Sarah Dwyer (born 1974) refers to the art historical concept of pentimento—from the Italian pentirsi, “to repent”— which refers to the visible traces of an artist’s revisions within a painting. For Dwyer, these transformations lie at the heart of her practice.
