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époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
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Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com
Hello and welcome!
époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent.
Through a combination of our main publishing imprint and our online ezine we aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.
Our main imprint is seeking out new voices, authors who are producing high-quality literary fiction and who are looking for a partner to help realise their ambitions. Our commitment is to fully consider all submissions on literary merit alone and to provide a personal response.
Our ezine will showcase a combination of the written word, visual and aural art forms, bringing together artists working in different mediums to encourage and inspire new perspectives on specific themes.
For details of how to submit your work to us for consideration please follow the submissions guidelines and for all other enquiries please email info@epoquepress.com
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The Border
by David Fox
David Fox lives and works in Dublin and has been painting since a very young age having grown up surrounded by the paintings of his father. He has exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions throughout Ireland, and has had three international solo exhibitions in Madrid. In 2016 he was a semi finalist on Sky Arts' Landscape Artist of the Year and his most recent 'Irish Border' themed work has been featured in the Irish Times. Other accolades include the Visual Arts Bursary from the Arts Council(NI) in 2014 and an award to the personal collection of Irish President, Michael D Higgins, in 2017. David's work has been featured at the OPW and the Irish State Art Collection in 2017. Publications include An Image of Ireland - Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton collection. Further information can be found on David’s site at www.artistdavidfox.com
The Border IV
Belcoo
Cavan/Fermanagh border
The Border III
Marble Arch Road
Cavan/Fermanagh border
The Border VI
Money Changed Here
Down/Louth border
The Border VII
M1 Northbound
Down/Louth border
The Border V
R205
Cavan/Fermanagh border
Epoque Press is delighted to be able to share a selection of David’s paintings which are highly evocative of the border concern in Ireland. David has supplied the following artists' statement:
In my latest body of work, I depict a number of rural Irish roads that highlight the freedom of movement which currently exists along the 300mile span of the Irish border. My idea has sprung from the awareness that 'Brexit' has brought to the Irish border and is seen through the lens of an artist simultaneously rooted in both sides of that border - identifying myself as a citizen of the Republic and calling the North (for some time) home. I am illustrating the normality of the scene as a commonplace where people unreservedly travel freely. These border crossings are quite a mundane everyday setting, there is no real sign of an actual border or divide, sometimes the only indication may be a difference in a road markings or a speed sign at best. And so too has easy and unburdened interaction with this supposed border become an everyday way of life for the communities living in close proximity on both sides. These people have acclimatised to their current situation having become accustomed to a certain way of life, living between bordering states. By highlighting this free movement I am bringing to mind the vulnerability of their situation and exemplifying the uncertainties and doubt that these communities are now faced with, if a hard border was to be erected. A now invisible and almost symbolic point in the landscape stands to become a new and physical frontier in the everyday of these communities, the Island and in Europe.
'Borders' in Ireland which have long been intangible echoes of 20th century Irish history now threaten to be cast in stone and cement, pulling apart those communities which have long identified no divide. My work is primarily focused on the division within border communities threatened by the presence of a hard border, which then sparks further debate: What will it mean to the island as a whole? What will it mean to you the viewer? These paintings may also evoke memories of the past and a sense of the futility of the island coming now full circle, returning to a period of hard segregation.