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OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH Fundit campaign For the last 30 years Temple Bar Gallery + Studios (TBG+S) has been a hub for artistic activity in Dublin City, with hundreds of artists using studio facilities, hundreds more exhibiting in the gallery and thousands upon thousands of visitors experiencing inspirational visual art though our diverse programme of exhibitions and events. To mark our 30th anniversary, TBG+S are commissioning artist Garrett Phelan to make an iconic art work for Dublin. Launching on May 1st, ‘OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH’ will stand tall on the roof of TBG+S, looking over Temple Bar Square. This art work will act as a beacon for the TBG+S building and share an uplifting message as a new landmark for the city and its inhabitants. Garrett Phelan has exhibited extensively in Ireland and internationally, most recently a major solo exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art and a commission for the 11th Lyon Biennale. His distinctive art practice directly engages with immersive and ambitious site-specific projects such as FM radio broadcasts, sculptural installations, photography and animation. The multiple meanings in the sentence ‘OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH’ reclaim language from religious ideologies and bureaucratic systems into a proposal for a new union – one which we can all be a part of. This gives us the space to contemplate and re-imagine new belief systems as we endeavor to emerge from economic and social instability. The fund –it campaign for this project is not only intended as a way to fund the work, but as an integral part of the project itself. For the duration of its display on the roof of TBG+S, the funders will take collective ownership of the work for themselves, for their loved ones and for all the citizens of the city. As an exciting development of the project, Garrett Phelan has produced a number of limited edition art works as rewards for funding the work. On offer are a specially designed limited edition hoodie, a designed limited edition shoulder patch and a limited edition Maquette of the ‘OUR UNION ONLY IN TRUTH’ sculpture. In supporting this fund-it campaign you will acquire original art works by this important artist and also play a critical role in realizing what is destined to become an iconic art work for Dublin. To view multiples click here. To make this exciting project happen, and in exchange for great rewards, we need you to pledge your support www.fundit.ie/project/our-union-only-in-truth With thanks Claire, Rayne, Anne. www.templebargallery.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Changing States: Contemporary Irish Art & Francis Bacon’s Studio 28 February - 19 May 2013 at BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Changing States: Contemporary Irish Art & Francis Bacon’s Studio draws on the impressive collections of Ireland’s two leading institutions for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. This ambitious exhibition brings together the work of 20 contemporary Irish artists who have made significant contributions to art practice since 2000 and a fascinating exhibition of materials and unfinished paintings from the studio of Francis Bacon, one of the most important artists of our time. The exhibition also presents Francis Bacon’s Studio, offering a fascinating insight into the creative process and working methods of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Francis Bacon’s Studio was faithfully relocated to the Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and opened to the public in 2001. A fully-illustrated catalogue, with essays by Barbara Dawson, Director, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Margarita Cappock, Head of Collections, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Luke Gibbons, Professor of Irish Literary and Cultural Studies, National University of Ireland, Charles Esche, Director, Van Abbemusuem, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Annie Fletcher, Curator, Van Abbemusuem, Eindhoven, The Netherlands and Christina Kennedy, Head of Collections, Irish Museum of Modern Art, accompanies the exhibition. Price €24.50. Visitor Information: Opening hours: Tickets: BOZAR Information and tickets:
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SERVANT' .all Hawaii eNtrees/luNar reGGae was a group exhibition curated by French artist Philippe Parreno and Rachael Thomas (Senior Curator: Head of Exhibitions, IMMA) at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from 29 November to 18 February, 2007. More than twenty artists, writers and thinkers were invited to participate in this project that focused on the notion of ‘process’. Parreno’s approach was to go beyond the real/physical space of the museum and as a part of this process Garrett Phelan has been invited and entrusted by the curators to close this exhibition with his project Trusted Servant. On the 19th February, 2007 (the gallery closing date of .all Hawaii eNtrees/luNar reGGae), Phelan uploaded the video performance work entitled Trusted Servant, 2007 onto YouTube, a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips - a sub-cultural web endemic that has quickly become an unregulated virtual institution. Primarily known for radio, video, drawing and alternative projects, in this instance Phelan becomes the gatekeeper of .all Hawaii eNtrees/luNar reGGae. Trusted Servant documents an automated and manic performance of Phelan repeating pre-recorded broadcasts from his MP3 player, which have been compiled and edited from media sources – shortwave and longwave radio, cable link, newspaper articles and webcasts. His working standpoint, calls into question the mainstream methods of endless ingestion of information and communication that influence the formations of our opinions in this ‘don’t stop age’. The removal of Trusted Servant from YouTube at Phelan’s conceptual discretion will mark the official end of .all Hawaii eNtrees/luNar reGGae. To view Trusted Servant please go to http://www.youtube.com/trustedservant Trusted Servant also functions as part of Phelan’s current exploration into the Formation of Opinion (2003_ ongoing). This work is the final part of a first phase entitled Reception of information, which includes the three drawing projects NOW: HERE, 2003, LUNG LOVE, 2004, GOD ONLY KNOWS, 2005 and a month long artwork entitled Black Brain Radio, 2006, an independent FM/online radio station. Philippe Parreno’s .all Hawaii eNtrees/luNar reGGae catalogue text After Affects proposes a similar style of communication as technology, as an amalgamation of hidden, coded, obscure, specialized languages, that inscribe all forms of transmission. .all Hawaii eNtrees/luNar reGGae includes: Bas Jan Ader, Doug Aitken, Carles Congost, Keren Cytter, Thomas Demand, Cory Doctorow, Peter Fischli/ David Weiss, Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzalez- Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Carsten Höller, Jim Lambie, Sarah Lucas, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Sarah Morris, Grant Morrison, Jorge Pardo, Philippe Parreno, Paola Pivi, Eva Rothschild, Anri Sala, Rirkrit Tirvanija, Kurt Vonnegut, Cerith Wyn Evans, with lectures by Shumon Basar and David Deutsch. For more information on 'Formation of Opinion' go to www.garrettphelan.com/foo.htm © Garrett Phelan. For further information please contact: |
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