“50”, 2013
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
‘Multiples’ was a series of six curated cabinet exhibitions that took place in TBG+S between 1998 and 2001 (with tours to other venues until 2004). Reasoning at the time sought to balance the presentation of accessibly priced objects that would make contemporary work affordable to a wide range of audience, whilst at the same time raising much needed funds for TBG+S. The various editions of the cabinets were curated by eight curators and showcased work by a range of over 150 artists. These were both well known and relatively obscure; some of whom would become household names, and others who changed from art making into other careers. This is the starting point for Alan Phelan as he recreates a synthesis of this cabinet of contemporary curiosities, revising 50 of the Multiples (with some originals included). It is normal for Phelan to take a wry jab at the original context and content of works, and with this piece the archive is negotiated through the Phelan’s own practice, functioning as part tribute and part critique.
as part of:
“False Memory Syndrome”
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
5-26 Sept, 2013
Curated by Rayne Booth
Mx1 Linsay Seers Camerabody modelling clay, hand painted >bear with ear head cast in modelling wax Mx1 Gerard Byrne Protest, 1989 Lot 2 Mx42 C-print >acrylic, paper, ink, glue Mx2 Kathy Prendergast Bathroom Occurrance Toothbrush, human hair, display, perspex holder >shoe brush, polish Mx6 Pádraig Timoney Involved, 2001 glazed ceramic >ceramic tile, paint, lacquer, paper Mx2 Alun Rowlands The Origin of the Work of Art hard back bookwork >notebook with woven cover
Mx2 Kathy Prendergast Bathroom Occurrance Toothbrush, human hair, display, perspex holder >shoe brush, polish Mx6 Pádraig Timoney Involved, 2001 glazed ceramic >ceramic tile, paint, lacquer, paper Mx2 Alun Rowlands The Origin of the Work of Art hardback bookwork >notebook with woven cover
Mx3 Elizabeth Price Snowball (source location: Long 0° 03' 27" Lat 51° 31' 13") jar, water >plastic jar with lid, urine
Mx6 Phil Collins Take A Look At Me Now (Against All Odds) mugs (pottery) >cup and saucer with customised ‘Thing’ graphic commissioned by Noel Kelly
Mx1 Pawel Althamer Multiples sculpture, each individually made >coloured pipe cleaner figures made by 5th class Educate Together Primary School, Glasnevin, thanks to Sorcha Brennan Mx4 Katie Holten The Sirrus Landscape hand bound booklets >‘Grass Drawing’, graphite on paper, 2000, courtesy Katie Holten and NIVAL
Portfolio table: Mx4 Tina O’Connell Pavement Slab printed nylon fabric, zip, three studs >portfolio case, paving slab Mx1 Beat Klein Torso silicon with toy-noise when squeezed >headless plastic chicken dog toy, paint, talc Mx4 Jeanette Doyle Worn engraved soap box and worn soap >‘Found’, soap, ink, courtesy of Sarah Doherty Mx6 Sarah Lucas Beer Can Penis beer cans plastic >Pepsi bottles, glue
Mx1 Pawel Althamer Multiples sculpture, each individually made >coloured pipe cleaner figures made by 5th class Educate Together Primary School, Glasnevin, thanks to Sorcha Brennan on CNC cut PVC
Mx1 Pawel Althamer Multiples sculpture, each individually made >coloured pipe cleaner figures made by 5th class Educate Together Primary School, Glasnevin, thanks to Sorcha Brennan on CNC cut PVC
Black glass topped table: Mx6 Sarah Pierce Genealogy of the Eyepillow with replicas of a beanbag c.1963 and an eye pillow c.2001, 2001 pen & pencil on paper, fabric and beans, fabric, flaxseed & lavender >eye mask, wood, shells, made by Harriet Phelan, papier-mâché, stand Mx4 Daphne Wright Souvenir plaster heart in perspex box >newsprint, oval frame Mx3 Anne Tallentire Square Mile sound on microcassette with Sony M5530V microcassette recorder >cast wax cassettes Mx2 Rachel Joynt Core glass, silver sand, >black pigment jar, dust and dirt from TBG+S building collected by Petranella Martin Mx4 John Byrne Interpretative Centre Multiple confectionary >wood, yellow plastic wrapper, paper logo design with pantone reference numbers Mx7 Gadar Eide Einnarsson Other scene (duct tape) cardboard, >duct tape CD case, foil tape Mx5 Jessica Voorsanger Pillowcases, 2001 heat transfer print and embroidery thread on pillowcase >embroidered pillowcase, gift from Grant Watson Mx5 Bob & Roberta Smith with David Timmons Rock Record, 1997 with Neither Party Expects Anything Other Than Physical Pleasure Concrete with 12" saw blade, 5' electric flex, 220v motor >plaster, circular saw blade, spray paint, acrylic paint
Mx3 Anne Tallentire Square Mile sound on microcassette with Sony M5530V microcassette recorder >cast wax cassettes Mx2 Rachel Joynt Core glass, silver sand, >black pigment jar, dust and dirt from TBG+S building collected by Petranella Martin Mx4 John Byrne Interpretative Centre Multiple confectionary >wood, yellow plastic wrapper, paper logo design with pantone reference numbers Mx7 Gadar Eide Einnarsson Other scene (duct tape) cardboard, >duct tape CD case, foil tape Mx5 Jessica Voorsanger Pillowcases, 2001 heat transfer print and embroidery thread on pillowcase >embroidered pillowcase, gift from Grant Watson Mx5 Bob & Roberta Smith with David Timmons Rock Record, 1997 with Neither Party Expects Anything Other Than Physical Pleasure Concrete with 12" saw blade, 5' electric flex, 220v motor >plaster, circular saw blade, spray paint, acrylic paint
Mx6 Sarah Pierce Genealogy of the Eyepillow with replicas of a beanbag c.1963 and an eye pillow c.2001, 2001 pen & pencil on paper, fabric and beans, fabric, flaxseed & lavender >eye mask, wood, shells, made by Harriet Phelan, papier-mâché, stand Mx4 Daphne Wright Souvenir plaster heart in perspex box >newsprint, oval frame
Mx2 Alex Walsh Leo, river, unknown actor books/photographs >packet of nude statue photographs, linen tape
Black MDF topped table: Mx2 Corban Walker Untitled (Polaroids) 10 x Polaroids, birch, plywood >‘Untitled’ polaroid, 1999, courtesy Corban Walker and NIVAL Mx5 Jim Lambie Heels, 1998 (ongoing) shoe heels, glue >inner shoe heel, cocktail sticks, paint, glue Mx1 Tim Brennan Academic Diary book/publication >Alan Phelan 2012 filofax pages in plastic pack Mx2 Alex & Susan Maris Friday Object No. 1 b aluminium fly Braunkreuz containing 40 rannoch brown flies >tin box, foam, needles, household flies collected by Pat Kelly
Glass table: Mx3 Matthew Thompson SOS (12:00 - 2.8.1999) ink on paper >Superquinn receipts Mx7 Ian Charlesworth From dark passages carbon and resin on perspex >acrylic, soot, varnish Mx3 Jason Coburn A Litre of Pain Thrown Against A Wall certificate and wax seal, wall drawing with 1 litre household pain thrown by the artist >plastic jar, ice storm 6 paint Mx2 Graham Gussin Still Iris print mounted on aluminium >sponge, CD case, lantern slide courtesy of Erasmus Smith Trust Archive Mx1 Michael Fitzpatrick Beggar Sign Series glass, etched, unframed >newsprint exhibition catalogue Mx5 Bank Press Release photocopies in book form faxed >corrected press release
Mx3 Dermot O’Brien Untitled (skull) polymer, red flock >wind-up toy dinosaur, varnish, flock Mx2 Mike Minnus Gathering Mx2 (coaster set) computer generated imagery laser etched plastic sheet, cork base >paper, toner Mx2 Walker
& Walker The Big Toe Affair - Georges Bataille wax, clear resin and human hair in a box >plastic nose, steel wool Mx2 David Shrigley Blank Pages and Other Pages book of drawings/text >notebook, paint Mx6 Matthew Higgs I Married An Artist, 2001 photographic laminate on mouse mat >custom printed mouse mat
& Walker The Big Toe Affair - Georges Bataille wax, clear resin and human hair in a box >plastic nose, steel wool Mx2 David Shrigley Blank Pages and Other Pages book of drawings/text >notebook, paint Mx6 Matthew Higgs I Married An Artist, 2001 photographic laminate on mouse mat >custom printed mouse mat
Wood table: Mx2 Marysia Lewandowska Torch photographic transparency and torch >red new clay, varnish, match Mx1 John Newling ICES set of printed lollipop sticks, lollipop mould, printed skin card, plastic skin packaging >lollipop sticks, glue, varnish Mx5 Mark Lecky Parking Lot, 2000 audio CD >pulped CD covers, CD case Mx3 Otto Berchem So Fine ’99 denim, PVC >denim jeans pocket Mx3 Olof Bjornsdottir Seedscarf wool, plastic >wool Kinvara knitted by Colm Molloy, papier-mâché head Mx4 Lukasz Skapski Vision Protection Eyewear VPE-2 protective eyewear >wire, paper, toner, glue
Mx2 Marysia Lewandowska Torch photographic transparency and torch >red new clay, varnish, match Mx1 John Newling ICES set of printed lollipop sticks, lollipop mould, printed skin card, plastic skin packaging >lollipop sticks, glue, varnish Mx5 Mark Lecky Parking Lot, 2000 audio CD >pulped CD covers, CD case Mx3 Otto Berchem So Fine ’99 denim, PVC >denim jeans pocket
Mx3 Olof Bjornsdottir Seedscarf wool, plastic >wool Kinvara knitted by Colm Molloy, papier-mâché head Mx4 Lukasz Skapski Vision Protection Eyewear VPE-2 protective eyewear >wire, paper, toner, glue
Black trestled table top: Mx3 Eoghan McTigue Switch black & white poster >display case roof, trestle legs, light bulbs Mx4 Ciaran O’Cearnaigh Either/or black leather wallet with embossed text >Latin American hardwood wood, blue transfer ink Mx1 Alice Maher Medea’s Gloves silver satin gloves, the artists hair and cotton thread black >heavy duty latex glove and artificial hair Mx3 Elizabeth Wright Oxford Dictionary With Ham Sandwich, 1995 c-type print, mixed media >Readers Digest Universal Dictionary, ham sandwich, wrapping Mx4 Mac Dermot & Mac Gough Dublin Hood 1 3/4 collar, pen and ink >shirt collar, wire Mx6 Gary Coyle Holy Water, 2001 glass jar with photographic labels, water from Fortyfoot >jar, lid, Liffey water Mx4 Shane Cullen Memento chromoscan on envelope >stamped addressed envelope
Mx3 Elizabeth Wright Oxford Dictionary With Ham Sandwich, 1995 c-type print, mixed media >Readers Digest Universal Dictionary, ham sandwich, wrapping Mx4 Mac Dermot & Mac Gough Dublin Hood 1 3/4 collar, pen and ink >shirt collar, wire Mx6 Gary Coyle Holy Water, 2001 glass jar with photographic labels, water from Fortyfoot >jar, lid, Liffey water Mx4 Shane Cullen Memento chromoscan on envelope >stamped addressed envelope
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Mx5 Bank Press Release photocopies in book form faxed >corrected press release