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Micheal Farrell , Irish, 1940-2000

Title

Remember Gulliver

Date1975

MediumCollage on paper

Dimensions

66 × 50 cm

Signedlower right: 3.8.75

Credit LinePurchased, 2015

Object numberNGI.2015.12

DescriptionThis mixed media piece is part of a series of works in a variety of media that form 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. This work, which relates to the print 'Protestant Occulte', is a direct response to the 1974 terrorist attack. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s Farrell's work in all media addressed the bloody, intractable nature of contemporary Ireland.
Inscriptionupper left: Remember Gulliver

ProvenancePurchased, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 2015Exhibition HistoryCollage: A Political Act, National Museum of Northern Ireland, Belfast, 11 February 2022 - 05 June 2022