Gordon Bennett Series, 2004-2005
GB and the Western World
Galway Arts Centre, October, 2005
and Letterkenny Arts Centre, Donegal, November, 2005
Gordon Bennett Sound Off
Fused Festival, South Dublin County Council, July, 2005
Gordon-Bennett!
Grennan Mill, Kilkenny Arts Festival, August, 2004
“Gordon-Bennett”, by Alan Phelan, is a reflection and action on the propaganda of mass communications. The multiple narratives that run through this exhibition explore ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further an individual’s cause, to damage an opposing cause; as well as the public actions having such effects.
Taking references from the life of international playboy, philanthropist and newspaper tycoon James Gordon Bennett Jr., this body of work brings together boy racer stickers, archaeological remains, technological sham, as well as the human demand to be and remain current or ‘in the news’ and yet be different.
acrylic, perspex, wood, metal, inkjet print, paint, MDF, vinyl adhesive sticker
95 x 330 x 150 cm
detail
detail
acrylic, wood
400 x 85 x 200 cm
DVD video, duration 3:54 mins
DVD video, duration 3:54 mins
Digital print on vinyl mesh, wire fixings
600 x 220 cm
paper, toner, wood, poster paint, PVC, vinyl adhesive stickers
200 x 151 x 100 cm
Private collection
ink on trace paper, framed
20 x 29 cm
(22 drawings in total)
ink on trace paper, framed
20 x 29 cm
(22 drawings in total)
metal, rubber, vinyl adhesive stickers
various sizes, approx. 50 x 250 x 4 cm
face mounted duratrans photograph, light fixture, glass, wood
51 x 27 x 9 cm
image: 31 x 26 cm
face mounted duratrans photograph, light fixture, glass, wood
51 x 27 x 9 cm
image: 31 x 26 cm
