Caragh Thuring's Tartan Paintings at Thomas Dane Gallery Naples

Caragh Thuring (born 1972 in Brussels) presents a solo exhibition at Thomas Dane Gallery in Naples, featuring paintings that explore the interplay between fullness and emptiness through geometric tartan patterns and figurative elements. Her work incorporates existing fragments—plants, figures, coins, fabrics, and volcanoes—to construct perceptual visions that avoid starting from a blank canvas. The exhibition highlights the connection between Neapolitan tailoring traditions and Scottish tartan, grounding the art in reality and history without constraining the narrative. Some fabrics are recycled from previous works, while others are lacquered and polished, giving the painted surface a palpable depth. Thuring's practice extends beyond traditional painting, capturing an atemporal light that unites spatial plasticity with temporal flow, the exterior with the interior, and the real with the unreal.