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Patricia Hurl, b.1943

Flight, 1989

Hurl’s immersive works make use of a distinctive palette that map stages of the artist’s life and mirror preoccupations in her work, such as the muted tones of a martial breakup in Flight, 1989. The abstract background refuses to provide any clues as to how to read these absences and displaced figures. 

MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions Framed, 186 x 125 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Purchase, 2023
Item NumberIMMA.4445
On viewArt as Agency, IMMA Collection: 2025-2028, 08/02/2025 - 07/01/2027
Copyright © the artist
Photography Denis Mortell Photography
For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Patricia Hurl, Flight, 1989, Oil on canvas, Framed, 186 x 125 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Purchase, 2023

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

  • About the Artist

    • About the Artist

    Patricia Hurl, b.1943

    Irish artist Patricia Hurl studied at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, and Dun Laoghaire School of Art and Design. Hurl was a lecturer in Fine Art Painting at the Dublin Institute of Technology and was a member of Temple Bar Galleries and Studios. Together with artist Therry Rudin, she established the Damer House Gallery in Co Tipperary in 2012. A major retrospective of her work took place in IMMA in 2023. She received the Pollock Krasner Award in 2023.

     

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    Artworks by Patricia Hurl

    Sketchbook

    Sketchbook Patricia Hurl undated

    Exploding Head Patricia Hurl 2023

    Warrior IV Patricia Hurl 2023

    Jingle Bells

    Jingle Bells Patricia Hurl 1988

    Study for The Kerry Babies Trial

    Study for The Kerry Babies Trial Patricia Hurl 1987

    Study for Jingle Bells 2 Patricia Hurl 1987

    The Company Wife

    The Company Wife Patricia Hurl 1986

    Ministry of Fear

    Ministry of Fear Patricia Hurl 1986

    Act of Union (Once Upon a Time)

    Act of Union (Once Upon a Time) Patricia Hurl 1986

    Irish Gothic (Living Room)

    Irish Gothic (Living Room) Patricia Hurl 1984

    Poems of Seamus Heaney/Tribute to my father

    Poems of Seamus Heaney/Tribute to my father Patricia Hurl 1983

    Suburban Idyll Patricia Hurl 1982

    Collage x 3 sketches ‘Company Wife’; x 1 sketch ‘Self-portrait’; x 3 paintings ‘Self-portrait with Flowers’ Patricia Hurl 1982-1983

    Nurses singing carols – study for ‘Jingle Bells’ Patricia Hurl 1980