With texts by Angelika Nollert, Eamon O'Kane and an interview between the artist and Gideon Fink Shapiro
The publication 'Hybrids' presents two bodies of work that has ran parallel in Eamon O'Kanes artistic work. The first body of work uses his parents' house, the house he grew up in, as its main subject. The second body of work examines among other things the legacy of Friedrich Fröbel on modern society.
Eamon O'Kane is Professor of Visual Art at the Department of Fine Art at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, UiB.
The publication 'Hybrids' comprises three texts and a rich photographic documentation of his work. In the first text Eamon O'Kane contextualises several strands within his art practice to reflect on his most current artwork and how it relates to contemporary society. In an interview researcher and writer Gideon Fink Shapiro questions Eamon O'Kane about how architecture and design are addressed in relation to sources of inspiration in O'Kane's artwork. Dr Angelica Nollert examines how the artworks relate to Eamon O'Kane's earlier practice and situates them in relation to contemporary art with references to relational artwork and the history of interactive installations in art.