Garrett Phelan
dal 19/3/2010 al 1/5/2010
Segnalato da
19/3/2010
Garrett Phelan
Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
Between two ITs. Phelan uses found objects, wall drawings, sculptural installations and broadcast radio to create expansive works that he titles in series according to both subject and mode of enquiry. The main concern running through the majority of his works is the organization of information and communication, and how these organizational dynamics influence our formation of opinion.
SMART Project Space presents Between two ITs , the first solo exhibition in The Netherlands by Garrett Phelan (1965). Phelan uses found objects, wall drawings, sculptural installations and broadcast radio to create expansive works that he titles in series according to both subject and mode of enquiry. The main concern running through the majority of his works is the organization of information and communication, and how these organizational dynamics influence our formation of opinion.
Phelan often acts as an antagonist or anti-editor, combining disparate information together while refusing to draw distinctions or provide perspective. His preferred artistic method of communication and information dissemination (echoed in his creation of the thinking, talking Mynah bird) is famously the radio broadcast.
Between two ITs contains a newly commissioned work called Interruption. Or between two ITs – Part 3. The work explores “the space between believing in and not believing” and was partly informed by the history and original use of the SMART Project Space building – a former pathological anatomical laboratory. The notion of being between believing and not believing, or perhaps losing faith and the manifestation of new faith, is key to understanding the particular constellation of works in this exhibition.
The exhibition also includes black and white photographs; the radio floor sculpture The Revelation of Ministration; the video installation Racer; and several works from the series Radio Tombs, concrete, tombstone-like sculptures with radios buried inside, broadcasting a barely audible random radio signal.
Phelan is participating in the forthcoming Auckland Triennial and has participated in major international projects including Manifesta 5 in Donostia-San Sebastian; Art Statements: Art Basel 39; and The End of the Line Hayward Touring exhibition. His works are in the collection of SMAK, Gent, The Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon, the Irish Museum of Modern Art and numerous private collections.
SMART Project Space is kindly supported by: Mondriaan Foundation; Municipality Amsterdam; Bureau Broedplaatsen; Stichting DOEN; The Netherlands Film Fund; Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds; VSBfonds; Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. Between Two ITS received additional funding from Culture Ireland.
Image: Garrett Phelan, The Revelation of Ministration, plaster, foam, wire, car filler, cable, mp3 player, paint, radio, headphones, vintage uher M-533 microphone and 1/4 watt FM transmitter, 2009
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Opening reception Saturday 20 March 2010, 21
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