Marcel Vidal

Marcel Vidal
Green 2020
oil on linen
140 x 105 cm / 55.1 x 41.3 in
Marcel Vidal
Blue, Grey 2020
oil on linen
140 x 105 cm / 55.1 x 41.3 in
Marcel Vidal, Grey, yellow, 2020, oil on linen, 140 x 105 cm / 55.1 x 41.3 in
Marcel Vidal

Banana II 2019,

oil on linen,

160 x 120 cm / 63 x 47.2 in
Marcel Vidal,

Banana III 2020,

oil on linen,

160 x 120 cm / 63 x 47.2 in
WHITE NOISE Installation view, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch
Marcel Vidal

White Dress II 2018

oil on linen

70 x 60 cm / 27.6 x 23.6 in
Marcel Vidal,

Fingers 2019,

oil on linen,

60 x 50 cm / 23.6 x 19.7 in
SILVERFISH (installation view), 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty
Marcel Vidal

Laurel 2018

oil on linen, framed

32 x 27 cm / 12.6 x 10.6 in
Marcel Vidal

Stem 2018

oil on linen, framed

32 x 27 cm / 12.6 x 10.6 in
Marcel Vidal

Balcony 2017

expanding foam, spray paint, wood,

watercolour on paper, framed with glass

bitumen, zinc fittings, castor wheels, animal hooves, glue, twine, linen, plaster

196 x 62 x 62 cm / 77.2 x 24.4 x 24.4 in
Donut (installation view), 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Marcel Vidal

Handclap 2017

oil on canvas, fruit box wood frame

31 x 26 cm / 12.2 x 10.2 in
Marcel Vidal

Hand 2017

oil on linen

50 x 40.5 cm / 19.7 x 15.9 in
Marcel Vidal

Cactus 2017

oil on linen

30 x 25 cm / 11.8 x 9.8 in

Marcel Vidal
Green 2020
oil on linen
140 x 105 cm / 55.1 x 41.3 in

Additional Views

Marcel Vidal
Blue, Grey 2020
oil on linen
140 x 105 cm / 55.1 x 41.3 in

Additional Views

Marcel Vidal, Grey, yellow, 2020, oil on linen, 140 x 105 cm / 55.1 x 41.3 in

Marcel Vidal

Banana II 2019,

oil on linen,

160 x 120 cm / 63 x 47.2 in

Marcel Vidal,

Banana III 2020,

oil on linen,

160 x 120 cm / 63 x 47.2 in

WHITE NOISE Installation view, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch

Marcel Vidal

White Dress II 2018

oil on linen

70 x 60 cm / 27.6 x 23.6 in

Marcel Vidal,

Fingers 2019,

oil on linen,

60 x 50 cm / 23.6 x 19.7 in

SILVERFISH (installation view), 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty

Marcel Vidal

Laurel 2018

oil on linen, framed

32 x 27 cm / 12.6 x 10.6 in

Marcel Vidal

Stem 2018

oil on linen, framed

32 x 27 cm / 12.6 x 10.6 in

Marcel Vidal

Balcony 2017

expanding foam, spray paint, wood,

watercolour on paper, framed with glass

bitumen, zinc fittings, castor wheels, animal hooves, glue, twine, linen, plaster

196 x 62 x 62 cm / 77.2 x 24.4 x 24.4 in

Donut (installation view), 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska

Marcel Vidal

Handclap 2017

oil on canvas, fruit box wood frame

31 x 26 cm / 12.2 x 10.2 in

Marcel Vidal

Hand 2017

oil on linen

50 x 40.5 cm / 19.7 x 15.9 in

Marcel Vidal

Cactus 2017

oil on linen

30 x 25 cm / 11.8 x 9.8 in

WHITE NOISE, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch
WHITE NOISE, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch
WHITE NOISE, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch
WHITE NOISE, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch
SILVERFISH, 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty
SILVERFISH, 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty
SILVERFISH, 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty
SILVERFISH, 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty
Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska
Installation view of Hannah Fitz, Áine McBride, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Marcel Vidal at Kerlin Gallery, 7 July - 26 August 2017
Installation view of Hannah Fitz, Áine McBride, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Marcel Vidal at Kerlin Gallery, 7 July - 26 August 2017

WHITE NOISE, 2018, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin Ireland Photo: Lee Welch

SILVERFISH, 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland Photo: Paul McCarty

Donut, 2017, TBG+S Atrium, Dublin Photo: Kasia Kaminska

Installation view of Hannah Fitz, Áine McBride, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Marcel Vidal at Kerlin Gallery, 7 July - 26 August 2017

Marcel Vidal, SILVERFISH, 2018, The Dock Arts Centre Leitrim, Ireland.

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b. 1986, Dublin, Ireland

Marcel Vidal makes paintings and sculptures. Quietly disarming and unsettling us with an ominous beauty, Vidal’s paintings are marked by their controlled brushwork, layering oil on linen with delicacy and precision. They are refined and restrained, incarnating brightly lit fragments of photographs or digital images: unidentified figures seem caught by flashbulbs, and hold their arms in defensive barriers; glossy foliage catches the light before retreating into darkness; distinguished hands are frozen mid-clap. Vidal’s minimal compositions are severely cropped to reveal only a sliver of their subject, using ambiguity to frustrate interpretation, all while inviting our curiosity.

Vidal’s sculptures, meanwhile, encompass contrasting and combative textures and materials: furs, feathers or deer hooves mixed with assembled wood, concrete or industrial metal hardware. Chains, spikes and pest-prevention devices are rigged up for attack or defence, echoing the hostility of urban space and inner-city infrastructure. The sculptures often house small, self-contained watercolour paintings that rub up against the authority of their environments: ribbons of sausages, fragments of sculptures, an irreverent asshole. In Vidal’s most recent work, sculptural assemblages have expanded outwards into more immersive environments, entering a dialogue with the history, architecture and symbolism of the spaces they inhabit. Gallery walls have been suffused with matte black spray paint, or floors softened with artificial grass, creating unexpected and surprising spatial shifts. Visually arresting, these sculptural environments create a playful tension between the organic and the constructed, the threatening and fetishistic, the vital and the macabre.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Everybody Knows, with Paul Hallahan, The Complex, Dublin, (2020); SILVERFISH, The Dock Arts, Carrick on Shannon (2018); Donut, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin (2017/2018); #untitled, Basic Space, Dublin (2013); Selected group exhibitions include, Hennessy Craig Award, Royal Hibernian Academy, Ireland (2019); Zurich Portrait Prize, National Gallery of Ireland (2019); Too Much Sugar, Drawing & Installation Station, TBG+S, Ireland (2019); Syntonic State, Tulca, Galway (2018); Hannah Fitz / Áine McBride / Daniel Rios Rodriguez / Marcel Vidal, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin (2017) and MOON FARK, Jason Dunne / Marcel Vidal / David Eager Maher, RAKE, Norway (2014).

Vidal is a recipient of Arts council of Ireland Next Generation Award and the winner of The Hennessy Craig Award, RHA Gallery, (Both 2019).

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Hannah Fitz, Áine McBride, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, Marcel Vidal

7th July - 26th August 2017

Marcel Vidal, Everybody Knows

Paul Hallahan / Marcel Vidal

5 - 18 December 2020

The Complex, Dublin

The Complex Ground Floor Gallery is pleased to present Everybody Knows, an exhibition that brings together the works of artists Paul Hallahan and Marcel Vidal. 

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