Kyle Barnes Northern Irish

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Kyle Barnes
Kyle Barnes paints portrait busts of a young woman whose head and shoulders have been coated in a creamy, viscous liquid, as if she has been dipped into a slick of some anointing oil. These images suggest the moment of a baptismal immersion. The resultant glistening carapace is a protective second skin that is both transformative and revealing. It defines and enhances the characteristics of the person it encloses.
Barnes’s startling paintings are technically accomplished demonstrations of a subtle response to skin, surface and texture. His forensic attention to detail and a meticulous concern for representational actuality are marshalled to make compositions of ethereal, suspended beauty, something the artist identifies as an essential component of his practice.
 
The implication of some of these applications is that they dry to form a delicate shell. We see images where it is cracked and the skin beneath is revealed. The identity of the model is hatched out of the protective process. The subject appears to be reborn, ready to slough off a discarded skin and with it the unwanted and defunct accretions of an earlier incarnation.
 
 
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Works
  • Andromeda
    Andromeda, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    120 x 120 cm
    47.2 x 47.2 in
  • Aphrodite
    Aphrodite, 2026
    Oil on Canvas
    120 x 120 cm
    47.2 x 47.2 in
  • Emma
    Emma, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    50 x 50 cm
    19.75 × 19.75 in
  • Estella
    Estella, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 50 cm
    23.6 × 19.7 in
  • Eve
    Eve , 2026
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 45 cm
    23.6 × 17.7 in
  • Juliet
    Juliet, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 35 cm
    15.7 × 13.7 in
  • Naiad
    Naiad, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 35 cm
    15.7 × 13.7 in
  • Ophelia
    Ophelia, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    140 x 100 cm
    55.1 × 39.4 in
  • Sibyl
    Sibyl , 2026
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 45 cm
    23.6 × 17.7 in
  • Venus
    Venus, 2026
    Oil on canvas
    140 x 100 cm
    55 × 39.4 in
  • Alpine
    Alpine, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 45 cm
    23.6 x 17.7 in
  • Solstice
    Solstice, 2025
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 45 cm
    23.6 x 17.7 in
  • Nebula I
    Nebula I, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    61 x 45 cm
    24 x 17.7 in
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