Jump

2018/2019

Solo Show, Work, Film

Film Stills

Paintings

1 – 22 Jump, 2018, Oil on board, 28cm x 28cm

23 – 34 Jump, 2018, Oil on board, 56cm x 56cm

Jump Installation and POD

Essays

Author: Dr. Medb Ruane

Mermaid Arts Centre Publication

The journey to Jump Four neon letters on the wall leading to Cléa van der Grijn’s new exhibition spell out the word ‘Jump’. The signifier reads like a flashing voice from the void. Part lure, part command, it seems to be urging a passage to an act from which there is no return. The act…

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Author: Dr Veronica O'Neill

The Visual Artists' News Sheet

No definition of art can be based solely upon an examination of artworks, just as no definition of reality can be found where we would naturally look to define a thing, at its instance of manifestation in the world. Arthur C. Danto makes this observation in relation to Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes, noting that: “since…

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Author: Dr Veronica O' Neill

Solomon Gallery Publication, Dublin

‘Truth hurts’ and ‘you can’t handle the truth’ come to mind when attempting to respond to Jump, Cléa van der Grijn’s latest work. When viewed from our typical perspective of being within and perceiving the world according to linear time, the period of a jump, between the precipitation of the action and the landing, the…

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Critical Review

Author: Dr Medb Ruane

Irish Arts Review

Four neon letters on the wall leading to Cléa van der Grijn’s touring exhibition of paintings and film spell out the word ‘Jump’. Part lure, part command, it might be urging a passage to an act from which there is no return. The act is death, here the fictional death on film of a maiden…

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Publication