Alan Phelan - “Gordon Bennett”

The Art Projects Network

invites you to the opening of the

"Gordon Bennett"
a new work by Alan Phelan

Sunday, 8th August 2004
Grennan Mill, Thomastown
Co. Kilkenny

The exhibition runs from
Friday 6th August - Sunday 15 August 2004

We all know the expression, but do we know the origins? Gordon Bennett was a notorious playboy and newspaper tycoon from the late 19th century. The works in this exhibition take several historical references and connections and then reshape them into a new dynamic across a range of objects, images, and situations. The various elements explore ideas surrounding myth and celebrity routed through language.

Phelan’s practice is concerned with relational aspects of photography, sculpture, installation and social interaction.

This new body of work consists of several sculptures, photographs, and drawings. They explore aspects of representation and media manipulation, connected across a biographical narrative.

A display of modified cars, commonly known as ‘boy racers’, is included in the exhibition. These young contemporary car enthusiasts will take the place of the original twelve drivers from the 1903 Gordon Bennett Race.

The Gordon Bennett exhibition is part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2004 and is part funded by The Arts Council of Ireland

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