A Ballad of Jonathan Wade

An Event to celebrate the wonderful artist whose life and work were cruelly cut short by a motor-bike accident in 1973 when he was just 31 years old.

This theatre-based Event consists of

• an exhibition of some of Wade’s original paintings and prints
• a screen slide presentation of more of his work, and
• a catalogue which is being produced and marketed as a 118 page book by Scotus Press

Entrance fee of €10 entitles the attender to all of this. Additional copies of the book can be purchased at the theatre for €10, or subsequently from bookshops or from the Publisher’s website for €12 (www.scotuspress.com)

The Event will be well organised for safety in the face of Covid. A group of 12 will be admitted to the auditorium for each showing which should last for 30 mins approx.

Wade’s work does what all good art should do: it challenges. His paintings demand of their viewers. They’re not easy viewing. They’re not meant to be. They’re meant to provoke. There’s an unbending will at work. The results are paintings that fifty years on are as forceful now as when conceived. Wade made his point. His mark will last.

-Paul Tuthill

Our event intends to reacquaint people with one of the most exciting painters of the last century.

Thanks to
Sorley McCaughey, Fred Lahiff,
Thomas Wade

A complimentary catalogue for the event will include the 1970’s monograph of Wade by Henry J Sharpe.