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The following is a short statement from the artist
himself describing the exhibition and the reasoning behind it.
'There was an Australian, an Englishman and an Irishman...' relates
to
the fact I have three passports belonging to the above countries. This makes my work eligible to represent them at the Venice Biennale (the art-world's Olympics). In November last year I exhibited the Australian pavilion at Niagara. The pavilions are scale models into which I place real paintings and sculpture that happen to be small. The paintings are painted on copper etching plates ( a practice dating back to the 16th century). Next to the Australian pavilion I also exhibited a scale model of ACCA, one of Australia's premier contemporary art venues. The London exhibition will exhibit the British pavilion and also their premier contemporary art space Tate Modern, to a scale of 1:20 (the floorboards are made from coffee stirrers). I have made these models in Cork , Ireland. The work is divided into three identities with the Dobell's Cows work, the logo work and work that references another Australian of Irish descent, Sydney Nolan. Next year I will be exhibiting the Irish pavilion and the Irish Museum of Modern Art here in Ireland. Piccadilly Gallery
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