Gary Farrelly

THE ARTIST'S RED MEAT CONSUMPTION(2010)

2012-01-30T04:51:00.000-08:00

(Above) RED MEAT CONSUMPTION OF THE ARTIST(2010), Artist's studio, Pickering Forest.

Gary Farrelly's level of red meat consumption increased by 20% between January 1st 2009 and December 31st 2010. The information has been made public along with 11 other core measurements of personal operations for the same period. The increase is compared to the artist's average consumption over the twelve month period of 2008 which was 3.5 medium servings per week. Farrelly spent 2009 entirely in Paris, France where he had been in residence since late 2006. He moved in January 2010, spending that month in Capebreton in the south west of France where the quality and quantity of red meat is said to be very high and high respectively - during this period the artist's revenue stream collapsed briefly and completely. In February 2010 he travelled to Dallas, Texas where he was international artist in residence to the University of Texas at CentralTrak. The diet in Texas is dominated by red meat and related food stuffs. The information(s) were compiled and graphed over a 24 month period as part of the artists 2 year development plan (2009-2011).

The statistics are presented in 12 graphic diagrams currently located at the artist's studio at Pickering Forest in Ireland. Other graphs include: sexual activity, tobacco consumption, alcohol consumption and prayers offered.

GREAT DEVELOPMENT BOND

2012-01-10T16:14:00.000-08:00

(Above) GREAT DEVELOPMENT BOND 3/12(2011), private collection, Wynona IL.

Gary Farrelly is delighted to announce the issue of limited edition of 12X Great Development Bonds . The issue has been inaugurated by the artist to celebrate the fulfillment of his 3rd 2 year development plan (2009-2011). The bonds are hand fabricated artworks as well as redeemable with interest investment certificates that are inspired by international money markets (see details). Proceeds from the bonds issue will be invested in the creation of new city quarters, airport terminals, architectural wonders and great development*.

*city quarter, airport terminal, architectural and great development based artworks by Gary Farrelly (1983-2077)

BEST WISHES OF THE SEASON

2011-12-16T09:49:00.000-08:00

(Above) Gary Farrelly, NEW OBSESSIVE CHRISTMAS TREE(2009), private collection, Dublin.

Gary Farrelly would like to wish all his friends, supporters, patrons and collaborators a happy and unhinged Christmas. He would also like to take the opportunity to extend the very best wishes for 2012 - May it be a be characterized by happiness, health, prosperity, progress and victory.
The New Obsessive Christmas tree is traditionally decorated: camera stamp, railway, luggage, light bulbs, off ramps, redacted information and airliner motif.

EXHIBITION: ALL ROADS LEAD TO NEUSTERN

2011-10-19T15:07:00.000-07:00

The exhibition will open on November 10th and will run until November 26th, 2011 at Galerie Modonov, 114 Capel Street, Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland.

All roads lead to Neustern is Gary Farrelly's first solo exhibition in Ireland since 2007. The body of work was created over the last two years at Pickering Forest in Ireland and at CentralTrak in Dallas, Texas. Farrelly has simply entitled the body of work: Neustern- The artist as an autonomous coastal city state. The curator of All roads lead to Neustern is Donna Marie O'Donovan. The exhibition has been crowd funded by generous philanthropists via fundit.ie. All roads lead to Neustern is an integral component of the artist's 4th 3 year development plan (2011-2013).

(Above image) Neustern, Gary Farrelly (2010-2011)

NEUSTERN WORK COMMENCES AT NEW KUNSTBUREAU

2011-04-24T06:58:00.000-07:00

(Above) ARTIST BRIEFING INTERESTED PARTIES WITH MAP OF NEUSTERN (2011), Artist's studio.

Gary Farrelly's new Kunstbureau at Pickering Forest is now fullly occupied. Farrelly has moved his entire artistic practice to the location at the invitation of Marina Guinness. The artist has been consentrating on the completion of his gigantic map/proposed city state Neustern since taking residence at Pickering. Visitors and esteemed guests are now welcome to visit the Kunstbureau with advanced notice. The Pickering Kunstbureau has been erected and made operational under the auspices of The Artist's 4th 2 Year Development Plan (2011-2013).

Gary Farrelly,
Kunstbureau,
Pickering Forest,
Celbridge,
County Kildare,
Ireland.

GARY FARRELLY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

2011-02-18T05:32:00.000-08:00

(Above) GARY FARRELY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(2010), Robinson Collection, Dallas.

Gary Farrelly is delighted to make public the finalized design for his proposed Gary Farrelly International Airport (GFI). The airport plan has been configured by Farrelly to maximize it's impressiveness. The planned GFI Airport concists of 7 terminals with a combined capacity of 160 million passengers anually. Gary Farrelly International Airport is proposed to be constructed on the site of the current Dallas Forth-Worth International (DFW) airport.

(Above) GARY FARRELY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT(2010), Robinson Collection, Dallas.

PROPOSAL FOR NATIONAL RENEWAL (2011)

2011-02-14T06:34:00.000-08:00

Gary Farrelly aspires to engage in a constructive discourse in advance of General Election 2011. To that end he is delighted to furnish his 12 point plan for National recovery and renovation. Only through a process of radical reorganization and paradigm shift can politics and culture be the forces that deliver humanity to a comfortable and opportunity laden eventuality. *The National Comrades Party is at this time a fictional political grouping.

STRONG OPERATING PERFORMANCE BY FARRELLY IN LAST QUARTER OF 2010

2011-02-02T12:00:00.000-08:00

(Above) OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF THE ARTIST 3RD QUARTER (2010), Dallas.

GREAT DEVELOPMENT at Guerilla Arts

2010-09-22T15:08:00.001-07:00

GREAT DEVELOPMENT is an exhibition of new artworks created by Gary Farrelly. All the artworks were created during the artist's stay in the great state of Texas. His typical themes of infrastructure and man made development have taken on a monumental, new world quality. GREAT DEVELOPMENT is an important milestone in the artist's 3rd 2year Development Plan.

Guerilla Arts,
1900 North Haskell,
Dallas 75204.

Opens 12 November 17:00hrs - 21:00hrs

A second mid run opening will be held on Friday 19th 17:00 - 21:00hrs

Runs until 27 November 2010 by appointment: guerillaarts@gmail.com
Visit GuerillaArts web page

GALLERY HOUSE By Ashley Robinson

2010-09-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

An exclusive, one night salon event hosted by Ashley Robinson. Artists Gary Farrelly, Fredrik Broden and Bruce Lee Webb will be showing new artworks at Robinson's stunning late-century modern residence. Invitation only. Info: ashlane9628@yahoo.com

Gallery House,
9562 Ash Creek Drive,
75228 Dallas TX

Saturday 16th October 2010
18:00 - 22:00 pm
GALLERY HOUSE by Ashley Robinson website

Gary Farrelly open studio and *Closing reception for THE NON-PROFIT MARGIN.

2010-07-23T10:19:00.000-07:00

*See the large artworks fabricated by Farrelly during his residency at CentralTrak. 24/7/2010 5:00pm - 8:00pm CentralTrak, 800 Exposition Avenue., Dallas, TX 75226

THE NON-PROFIT MARGIN

2010-05-23T23:38:00.000-07:00

Gary Farrelly is currently on residency at CentralTrak* in Dallas, Texas. In Dallas, Farrelly is expanding the physical scale of the artworks he produces, whilst conducting research to enrich the obsessive content his practice. Participation in the important group exhibition THE NON-PROFIT MARGIN will be suplimented by another exhibition of the artist's work which will focus on the infrastructure inspired output. Details of said exhibition will be made public via appropriate channels in the coming weeks. Farrelly's current creation and proliferation in Dallas are an integral part of the artists 3rd 2year development plan (2009 - 2011).

GARY FARRELLY (1983-2077) GUEST ARTIST IN KILKENNY

2009-11-09T07:16:00.000-08:00

Gary Farrelly (1983-2077) will exhibit artworks alongside Elizabeth Cope and other guest artists Siobhan Cuffe and Gabriel McGuinness. This exhibition is completely inline with the artists 2 year plan for his personal and professional expansion. 6-13 December, Shankill Castle, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny.

NEW OBSESSIVE 006

2009-10-01T06:51:00.000-07:00

AEROPLANES/ GARY FARRELLY COLLABORATION

2009-03-24T05:07:00.000-07:00

As part of the festivities surrounding the exhibition KUNSTBUREAUCRACY by Gary Farrelly (1983-2077), the artist collaborated with Paris based Concrete, Nostalgic, New Wave ensemble Les Aéroplanes. Les Aéroplanes played an airport inspired set at both the vernissage of the exhibition and at the later Podpeinturdézenfants ateliers.

GalerieW
envoyé par adelap

EXPOSITION - KUNSTBUREAUCRACY

2009-01-31T08:10:00.003-08:00

KUNSTBUREAUCRACY, Exposition du 23 février au 1er avril
Vernissage 3 mars 19h/22h - Galerie W, 44 Rue Lapic, 75018 Paris.

Gary Farrelly est un obsédé. Si on voulait jouer à faire de la psycanalyse on potpourris facilement situer la naissance de son obsession à un moment précis de son enfance quand il entre pour la première fois dans un aéroport. Une vision qui a valeur d’épiphanie pour le petit Gary : voilà un espace où circule le monde, où tout le monde circule ; une nouvelle Babel de visages, de langues, de signes. Et de messages « codés » qui défilent sur un immense panneau qui ne demandent qu’à être décryptés…
Mais devons nous vraiment nous accomoder d’une banale explication psy ? Pourquoi expliquer une obsession ? Allons plutôt découvrir son univers, comme on partirait en voyage. Pas de bagages, juste un petit guide avec des mots clé : fétichisme, répétitivité, accumulation, réthorique, ordre, utopie.
Sa nouvelle exposition à la Galerie W présente un travail « in progress » commencé en 2007. Comme dans toute son oeuvre il est question d’aéroports, d’infrastructures, de frontières imaginaires, de tiroirs remplis de dossiers, de listes. Comme un enfant qui joue à réinventer le monde, Gary se transforme en architecte-créateur d’un monde nouveau où les aéroports deviennent les nouvelles métropoles, et les listes de passagers sont des bottins. Avec humour il rebaptise ces nouveaux espaces avec les noms de ses héros. Voici donc apparaître dans cette nouvelle topographie, l’aéroport international Dalida, l’autoroute France Galle et la place des Marins Sexy. Avec le sérieux qui sied à tout bureaucrate despotique et obsessionnel, Gary se renferme tous les jours dans son minuscule bureau – son cockpit, il l’appelle - et dessine, colorie, coupe, colle, peint, transforme. Là où certains artistes jouent à soustraire, lui il additionne, ajoute, cumule, recycle. Et comme son monde imaginaire prend forme et se développe, de la même façon ses oeuvres se dilatent en occupant les espaces de la galerie : partout des tableaux de divers formats, des objets détournés, des cartes retravaillées, des meubles contenants d’énormes dossiers. Pas de matières nobles ici, plutôt des matériaux pauvres tel le carton, la toile brute, des petites planches en bois, des pochettes en plastique, et des milliers de feuilles de papier qu’il recycle à sa guise. Et comme tout bureaucrate qu’on respecte il fiche et répertorie tout, même les petits bouts de papier qu’il découpe en forme de losange qu’il numérote et fiche avant des les coller ensemble pour composer un nouveau tableau.
Dans son monde réglé et ordonné une utopie plus large que l’artiste prend vie : ici l’art n’est pas salvateur mais ordonnateur. Gary a besoin d’ordre pour ne pas sombrer dans ce qu’il appelle « le désordre chaotique de mon esprit ».
Sur chacune de ses oeuvres, en guise de signature deux dates : 1983-2077. Gary est aussi certain de sa date naissance que de celle de sa mort, il dit préférer les artistes morts aux vivants. Ou simplement, dans son obsession de tout contrôler, il veut conjurer le sort qui nous attend tous. Mais il est un optimiste : il compte bien vivre jusqu’à cent ans.
Biographie
Gary Farrelly est né en 1983 à Dublin où il a fréquenté le National College of Art et a monté ses premières expositions. Depuis ses oeuvres ont été présentées aux USA, en France, Allemagne et en Iran. Cofondateur du groupe Desfatenist et coauteur de « Manifesto for an Obsessive Art » Farelly vit et travaille à Paris où il occupe une pièce - baptisée Kunstbureau - au sein de la Galerie W.

KUNSTBUREAU

2009-01-31T06:58:00.000-08:00

Gary Farrelly currently produces his artworks in his cockpit sized Kunstbureau(top) at Galerie W, Rue Lepic in Paris. Prior to moving to Paris, the artist occupied several other 'centers of cultural production and proliferation' in his native Dublin. One of which was located in the now demolished slum on Buckinham street(bottom). In addition to working and researching in these usually tiny spaces - Farrelly also likes to entertain* other obsessives - blitzkreiging them with generic alcahols and his infectioos enthusiasm.

* economy class gin and tonic
* embassy champagne substitute
* close your eyes for cigarette break
* café coup d etat

THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL ROAMING BIENNIAL OF TEHRAN

2008-08-08T07:24:00.000-07:00

Gary Farrelly will be exhibiting the below posted artwork at the First Annual International Roaming Biennial of Tehran. The exhibition which is themed 'Urban Jealousy' is curated by Serhat koksal and Amirali Ghasemi. It starts on May 30th 2008 and will be exhibited in Tehran, later traveling to go on display in other cities including Istanbul, Berlin and Belgrade. For more information see: www.biennialtehran.com.
Participation in the biennial is part of Farrelly's ongoing proliferation of his obsessive world view and Defastenist discourse to the widest possible audience.

MOBILE KUNST EMBASSY -(2009)

2008-08-08T06:20:00.000-07:00

As part of his commitment to proliferate his obsessive art to the widest possible audience *Gary Farrelly (1983-2077) is delighted to announce the inauguration of his PORTABLE KUNSTEMBASSY. Unlike conventional exhibition spaces or online documentation environments - This mobile body of the artists work and ephemera can be carried with the same ease as an item of hand-luggage onto a modern airliner. Originally a leatherette cutlery demonstration case, it underwent substantial renovation and refitting in the first quarter of 2009. Actually christened several months ago by the artist and several close associates - It is unclear why the public inauguration has waited until this summertime date. The PORTABLEKUNSTEMBASSY contains photographs of the artist, research clippings, several small artworks as well as a photo homage to his muse - Berlin based artist Sophie Iremonger.

WHITEBOX GALLERY MASQUERADE AUCTION

2008-03-31T09:42:00.000-07:00

Gary Farrelly took part in the fundraising masquerade auction at the Whitebox gallery in New York. Other artists involved in the event included Shimon Okshteyn, Troy Henriksen and Max Gimblett. The work by Farrelly was among the items sold. All proceeds go towards the funding of the Whitebox gallery exhibition programme 2008/9.

OBSESSIVE ARK COMMISSION(2008)

2008-03-30T05:23:00.000-07:00

Commissioned by Caroline De La Marnierre. Inspired by Noah's arc, Gary Farrelly constructed a gigantic 2d arc inspired vessel. 60 participants were invited to dine together for an evening, rotating their position at the table quarter hourly. Each table was equipted with art materials. The task was simple, guests had to imagine it was the last day on earth.... the flood waters rising. To create a small something they would like to have remembered. A line from a poem, a phallic drawing, a smutty joke, a mathmatic formula, a message to a loved one, an air disaster diagram etc.