Karl Hagan, Nevada, painting, oil on linen, 30 x 40 x 2 cm
Year: 2022
Medium(s): oil on linen
Artwork exhibited as part of ‘Contemporary Art of Northern Ireland #6’, Island Arts Centre Lisburn & ONLINE, 25 October – 22 November 2025.
- £650.00
Shipping - Artwork exhibited until 22 November. Collection from the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn from 25 November / shipped in 3-5 working days from the end of the exhibition.
Return - This work is eligible for return if bought online (not eligible if bought in person at the exhibition).
Artist - Selected Recognitions
- Award-winning artists (Royal Ulster Academy Award for Outstanding Student)
- Artist in Residence, University of Ulster, Belfast
- Artworks in public collection (University of Ulster, Belfast & Arts Council of Northern Ireland)
Further information
Karl Hagan has added this and other pieces to a strong body of work inspired by images of bomb tests, observations on the destructive power of explosions, and reflections upon past and present threats to our society.
‘Nevada is a painting based on the American test site near Las Vegas, where hundreds of nuclear bomb tests were carried out from the ‘50s until the ‘90s. It is a mushroom cloud in a barren desert landscape made up of expressive brush strokes, contrasted against a still hazy blue sky.’ Karl Hagan
Karl Hagan's paintings draw inspiration and evoke atrocities caused by conflicts and the use of dangerous weapons. In his captivating figurative or abstract works these atrocities are not explicitly represented, but are subtly evoked or even hinted, thus leaving the works open to different interpretations.
Find out more about Karl Hagan and his work on the artist's page.
