Micheal Farrell, Irish, 1940-2000
Title: Protestant Oculte
Date: 1974
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
85 x 49 cm
Credit Line: Purchased, 2015
Object Number: NGI.2015.14
DescriptionThis print froms part of Michael Farrell's acerbic visual commentary on political events occurring in Northern Ireland. He saw the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings as marking a pivotal shift from objectivity to subjectivity in his work. A related collage, ' Remeber Gulliver', is also part of the NGI collection. These works represent Farrell's direct response to the 1974 terrorist attcak. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s Farrell's work in all media addressed the bloody, intractable nature of contemporary Ireland.
ProvenancePurchased, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 2015
Exhibition HistorySolstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath, 22 August - 19 October 2013
Crawford Gallery, Cork, 7 November 2013 - 4 January 2014
RHA, Dublin, 16 January - 23 February 2014
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 13 March - 27 April 2014
Crawford Gallery, Cork, 7 November 2013 - 4 January 2014
RHA, Dublin, 16 January - 23 February 2014
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 13 March - 27 April 2014
Inscriptionlower left: Ch. VII/ X Protestant Occulté