Speculative Artefacts was an exhibition of new paintings by Cork-based artist Pascal Ungerer. In 2019, Pascal relocated back to Ireland after completing an MFA at Goldsmiths University, London. Over the following five years, he developed the body of work that was exhibited at Fort Dunree.
Pascal specialises in contemporary landscape oil painting and often works on large-scale canvases. He describes his work as an ‘archaeology of the recent past and a way of engaging with a specific type of peripheral topography whilst also alluding to speculative future landscapes.’
His work focuses on the in-between spaces or edgelands that lie at the intersection of the urban and rural. He has a particular interest in obsolete infrastructure on the margins of human habitation. He is fascinated by structures that are ambiguous, amorphous, or obsolete and sees them as part of an ‘architecture of the periphery and an allegorical reference for time, change, and history.’ He also explores this kind of peripheral environment as a way to examine the interrelationship between the built and natural world and the conflicts that sometimes arises in that space.
Pascal Ungerer is a visual artist based in Cork. His painting practice explores spatial cultures with a particular focus on peripheral topographies and speculative future landscapes. In 2016, he received a BFA from The MTU Crawford College of Art & Design, and in 2018, he completed a scholarship-funded MFA at Goldsmiths University, London.
He has exhibited work at The Saatchi Gallery (London), Roman Road Gallery (London), The Visual Centre for Contemporary Art (Ireland), CICA Museum (South Korea), Blackburn Museum (UK), and The Uillinn West Cork Arts Centre.
He has received funding awards and bursaries from The Arts Council of Ireland, Cork County Council, Cork City Council, Culture Ireland, and Goldsmiths University, London.
