Gary Farrelly

Gary Farrelly (born 1983) is an Irish artist and a founder of the Defastenist art group.

Life and work

Gary Farrelly was born in Dublin, Ireland. [http://artnews.info/artist.php?i=3324 "Gary Farrelly"] , artinfo.com. Retrieved 14 January 2008.] He gained a BA in Fine Art at Dublin National College of Art and Design (2002–2006). In 2004, whilst at the college, Farrelly, along with fellow undergraduates, founded the Defastenist art group and co-wrote their manifesto.Sherwin, Brian. [http://www.myartspace.com/blog/archive/2006_10_01_blogmyartspace_archive.html "Art Space Talk: Padraic Moore"] , myartspace.com, 31 October 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2008. ] The group centres around him and Padraic Moore, and in 2005 staged a "provocative, young and energetic exhibition" at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. [ [http://www.ireland.com/search/?rm=listresults&filter=datedesc&keywords=defastenists "Memorable moments from the cultural year] , "Irish Times", 17 December 2005.] Farrelly collaborated closely with erotic artist Sofie Iremonger for several years.

Farrelly said:

In August 2005, with Alex Reilly, he represented the Defastenists in "Addressing the Shadow and Making Friends with Wild Dogs: Remodernism" at CBGB 313 gallery in New York, showing alongside Stuckist artists and Remodernist film makers and photographers. [ [http://www.stuckism.com/Shows(Recent).html#CBGB "Archive: Some past Stuckist shows"] , stuckism.com. Retrieved 14 January 2008.]

In 2005, Victoria Mary Clarke, author and now wife of Shane MacGowan, joined the Defastenist group, having invited Farrelly and fellow member, Padraic E. Moore, for tea. The pair had brought a gift of jelly beans. Farrelly consumed gin and chocolate, whilst describing ambitions to set up a Defastenist island republic and plans for a Defastenist battleship, before announcing to Clarke that he loved her.Clarke, Victoria Mary. [http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/why-i-never-became-an-artist-472143.html "Why I never became an artist"] , "Irish Independent", 11 September 2005. Retrieved 14 January 2008.]

In 2007, his work "Don't Cry Work" was funded by the Arts Council of Ireland. That year, he relocated to Paris, where he has a permanent exhibition at Galerie W. Farrelly will be exhibiting at The International Roaming Biennial of Tehran. [sorce/ http://www.biennialtehran.com/selection.html]

Farrelly's work depicts his passions and obsessions, which include sailors, planes and airports, as well as maps of a world he has invented. He records his feelings and thoughts in visual diaries, which are dated, stamped and signed.

Padraic E. Moore, wrote:

:For Gary Farrelly (1983-2077), ideological and aesthetic compromise is the most difficult aspect of "Real Life". As a consequence, he furnishes a "compensating" art that is a precise physical manifestation of egocentric world view. In and through his practice he develops strategies to implement his will. Habitually working with the flotsam and jetsam of an ultra-consumerist society, Farrelly modifies history, revises geographical boundaries and populated the world with images, concepts and issues that stimulate him most.Moore, Padraic E, "Dont Cry Work", catalog, 2007.]

:Through fastidious and obsessive processes Farrelly produces exquisite art objects, which enable him to simultaneously attain a position of perpetually gratifying contingency. By means of devotional commitment to his work Farrelly expects to eventually construct and inhabit that sought after state of utopia.

Farrelly said:

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Gary Farrelly has had three solo exhibitions: Saddam International Airport (2006) where he exhibited a series of works inspired by airports built by despots beside drawings of invented airports dedicated to his own personal heroes and cultural icons (e.g. Quentin Crisp International Airport). Obsessive Territories (2007) featured seven large handmade maps of fictional countries invented by the artist and a series of commerational panels marking their cultural and infrastructural achievements. Kunstbureauobsessive (2007-present) is an on going exhibition of Farrelly's artworks at Galerie W, Paris. [Biography of Gary Farrelly - www.garyfarrelly.blogspot.com]

Solo shows:
* 2007/8 "Permenent exhibition of artworks by Gary Farrelly", Galerie W, Paris [www.galeriew.com]
* 2007: "Obsessive Territories", Thisisnotashop Gallery, Dublin [artists resumé puts date at 2007 and not 2006 as previously listed www.garyfarrelly.blogopot.com]
* 2006: "Saddam International Airport", Studio 6 Temple Bar Studios, Dublin

Group shows include: Art Trail 2008, Cork [http://www.arttrail.ie/artists.html] Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, Dublin Crawford Museum, Cork City; Fondation A3, Paris; Hunt Museum, Limerick City; Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin; Liberty Hall, Dublin; National Print Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Galerie Chappe Paris., Urban Jealousy at the Parking Gallery, Istanbul [www.biennialtehran.com]

Collectors

Artworks have been purchased by collections including: The Crawford Gallery, Marina Guinness, The Academy of everything is possible, Kevin Kavanagh, Martin Lu, Dominique Plassard, Valery and Christy Moore, Damian Mathiews, Caroline de la Marinier, Gerald Barry, Luca Marenzi and John Bruton (former Irish prime Minister and EU ambassador to the United States. [official artist biography www.garyfarrelly.blogspot.com and artinfo.org]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.garyfarrelly.blogspot.com Official web site]
* [http://www.defastenism.4t.com Defastenism web site]