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Barrie Cooke, 1931–2014

Electric Elk, 1996

For Cooke the elk represented a powerful symbol of pre-civilised consciousness. In this painting the elk emerges majestically from the gloomy bog land with its enormous antlers treated like massive antennae transmitting, as it were, a message from the past. The elk yielded up by the bog, demonstrates the process of perpetual interchange that occurs in life which Cooke believes forces us into a confrontation with what is real.

MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions Unframed, 142.2 x 142.2 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Donation, Vincent & Noeleen Ferguson, 1996
Item NumberIMMA.759
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Barrie Cooke, Electric Elk, 1996, Oil on canvas, Unframed, 142.2 x 142.2 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, Vincent & Noeleen Ferguson, 1996

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

  • About the Artist

    • About the Artist

    Barrie Cooke, 1931–2014

    Born in Cheshire, Barrie Cooke studied Art History at Harvard University and moved to Ireland in 1954. He held his first solo exhibition in Dublin the following year. Cooke has exhibited widely throughout Europe, the US and Canada. Major retrospectives of his work were held at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin in 1986 and at the RHA in 1995. Cooke exhibited at IMMA in 2008. His work is represented in public and private collections worldwide.
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    Artworks by Barrie Cooke

    Limited Edition Book and Print

    Limited Edition Book and Print Barrie Cooke, Dermot Healey 2011

    Gutteral Muse

    Gutteral Muse Barrie Cooke, Seamus Heaney 2009

    In the Boathouse

    In the Boathouse Barrie Cooke, Seamus Heaney 2009

    Two Clouds and Knocknarea

    Two Clouds and Knocknarea Barrie Cooke 2001

    Lough Arrow

    Lough Arrow Barrie Cooke 1999

    Woman of the Burren/ Woman in Burren

    Woman of the Burren/ Woman in Burren Barrie Cooke 1996

    Lough Arrow Algae III

    Lough Arrow Algae III Barrie Cooke 1995

    Mine Tailings Clutha Valley II Barrie Cooke 1988 - 1989

    Nude on a Brown Armchair Barrie Cooke 1985

    Double Knot/ Knot Painting

    Double Knot/ Knot Painting Barrie Cooke 1985

    Night Lake Orange

    Night Lake Orange Barrie Cooke 1984

    Red Forrestry Knot Barrie Cooke 1984 - 1986

    Megaceros Hibernicus

    Megaceros Hibernicus Barrie Cooke 1983

    Large Green Box

    Large Green Box Barrie Cooke 1981

    Night, Trench Lake Barrie Cooke 1981

    Forestry Box

    Forestry Box Barrie Cooke 1976

    Slow Dance Forest Floor

    Slow Dance Forest Floor Barrie Cooke 1976

    Bone Box (Water etc.) Barrie Cooke 1972

    Interior Diptych Barrie Cooke 1969

    Couple

    Couple Barrie Cooke 1967

    Bone Box 41

    Bone Box 41 Barrie Cooke c.1972

    Below Thomastown Barrie Cooke 1965 - 1966

    Sunset over Amsterdam

    Sunset over Amsterdam Barrie Cooke 1965

    Blue and White Figure

    Blue and White Figure Barrie Cooke 1963

    Cliffs of Moher, 1962 Barrie Cooke 1962

    Water and Rocks

    Water and Rocks Barrie Cooke 1962

    Nude Barrie Cooke 1961