Limerick, Ireland
Garrett Phelan, IMPART THE PROPHECY – and SPEAK – … THAT TENSE EXPECTATION …, 2014, Indian ink, assorted pens, Tippex on paper, each 50.5 x 41.5 cm, courtesy on the artist

Garrett Phelan

b. 1965, Ireland

… THAT TENSE EXPECTATION … was a commissioned work by EVA International 2014. The project saw the integration of the artist’s practice into the identity output for EVA International 2014 – the Biennial brand. From advertisements publicizing the Biennial to drawings presented in exhibition form, it constitutes a whole. The work aimed to reflect confusion and disjuncture within systems of conviction and principles – unknown spaces or entities. It represented both certainty and true irrationality or perhaps ultimately the energy used when trying to rationalize the impossible. The intention throughout the project was a highlighting of capitulation to the absolute present tense. Exhibited n were various drawings from the project, a zine, a short animation.

Garrett Phelan has developed a distinctive art practice that directly engages the audience with immersive ambitious site-specific drawing projects, independent FM radio broadcasts, sculptural installations, photography and animation. He has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally, most recently at the Irish Museum of Modern Art; Proa Fundacion, Buenos Aires, Argentina; the 11th Lyon Biennial, France; 4th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand; SMART Project Space, Amsterdam; ICA, London; Fruitmarket, Edinburgh; Kunstverein, Hannover; Art Statements, Basel 39; and Manifesta 5.

(Text: EVA 2014, AGITATIONISM, catalogue)

 

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