'Simmer Down, Hokusai'

'Simmer Down, Hokusai'
Created for 'Brace For Impact' Exhibition, Belfast 2022

5 colour silkscreen on Fabriano Rosapina Avorio
700mm x 950 mm

Work will be dispatched wrapped in archival paper in a postal tube.

Press Release:
Multidisciplinary artist Neil Kerr returns with a newly curated art exhibition, Brace For Impact, launching in The National, Belfast on November 3rd. The first show created under his music moniker, Mount Palomar, the new body of work coincides with the release of a 4 track EP of the same name.

Returning to The National for the first time since his groundbreaking Breed show, that featured a selection of the world’s biggest street artists including Banksy, Faile, Conor Harrington and many more, Neil and the selected group of artists have created a series of large abstract works to adorn the stunning brick walls of the venue’s interior.

A reflection on the tumultuous two year period that saw the world come to a stand still, with lives turned upside down during the pandemic, Neil has invited five other Belfast based artists to interpret the theme of ‘life spiralling out of control’ - Declan Byrne, Adam McIlwaine, Anushiya Sundaralingam, Laura Nelson and Leo Boyd.

The show will also feature live music on the night in the form of local collective Jerrys Stolen Goods (featuring emerging MC EMBY) and celebrated Belfast composer Phil Kieran (known most notably for his work alongside fellow Belfast pioneer David Holmes and Andrew Weatherall, contributing to soundtrack for Killing Eve and some of the 00s most exciting electronic music on Cocoon, Optimo and Mute Record ). District Magazine will also be in attendance to conduct a live-streamed interview with Neil about the show and its themes