Alison Pilkington PhD student in Painting, NCAD wins 3rd Prize in ARTslant Worldwide
ArtSlant Prize 2013: Alison Pilkington - Perceptual Games
Peter Dobey discusses Alison's work in his article on the Artslant website. He states:
"Alison Pilkington’s paintings are unique in that they provoke thought itself. Many works of art will get the viewer thinking, but most rely on subject matter or conceptual thematization to accomplish this. Her paintings however, unsettle the viewer through their imagery alone. This doesn’t come easy. The viewer has to want to really look, in order to question their own perception. So it is fitting that the artist, who is completing her PHD in art practice at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, is exploring the topic of Freud’s notion of “the uncanny”; her paintings beckon us to reflect on the odd way perception itself makes us feel uneasy in our own familiar world."
