Artwork Description
Simon English – Museum Series: Illuminated Cabinet
Dimensions: 24 x 35″ unframed / 24 x 35″ size type
Year: 1999
Medium: oil on canvas on panel
Simon English is an Irish artist whose works in the display case series are included in the permanent collection of The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. The absence of objects in the cabinets implies a search for knowledge and meaning, which we can find through our regard of tangible visual elements.