ABOUT

Trained in photography, Doyle completed his studies in 1991 at Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design in 1991 and then primarily dedicated his efforts to music for some time. During the past decade, however, Doyle has returned to a rigorous photographic practice, focusing especially on the streets of his hometown Dublin.

Living in the centre of the Irish capital, Doyle photographs his surroundings from unexpected angles, revealing an original vision of the city and its inhabitants. His series i, ON, and End., otherwise known as the Dublin trilogy, with their strategic cropping and framing, convey moments of stillness and frenetic energy. solitude and community. This exhibition brings these photographs together, allowing the audience to experience the unique rhythm of Doyle's Dublin.

Doyle's newest body of work, K, is his most mysterious and personal. The oversize colour photographs show a series of spectral figures of continually shifting form set against the dramatic backgrounds of Ireland's west coast and in south west Spain. These works and their installation reference the Irish tradition of keening, a vocal lamentation for the dead, and are partly born of the premature losses of the artist's brother and mother. With the Spanish photographs of the K series, Fundación MAPFRE continues its mission of supporting preeminent photographers as they undertake new photographic production in Spain.