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Top Half of the Hero 2002
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002
Top Half of the Hero / invitation
2002
10 x 21 cm

Invitation to the exhibition at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Office furniture, neon tubing, information and response zone
Top Half of the Hero / entrance
2002
Office furniture, neon tubing, information and response zone
Variable

This exhibition at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002, was an exploration of found images through drawing, video and installation, with references to nineteenth-century and contemporary art. The images are not chosen at random, they are linked by their iconic status and political references. They are assembled, not with a view to presenting answers, but instead, to set up an open-ended dialogue between the artwork and the viewer.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Neon tubing
Top Half of the Hero / neon
2002
Neon tubing
95 x 65 cm

Exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002. This work was based on a portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry. (Collection of the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork)
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Noen tubing
Top Half of the Hero / neon / detail
2002
Noen tubing
95 x 65 cm

Exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002. This work was based on a portrait of Edmund Burke by James Barry. (Collection of the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork)
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Office furniture, neon tubing, coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / entrance
2002
Office furniture, neon tubing, coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable

Showing the partition dividing the entrance from the panorama wall drawing.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Side view of the wall drawing of the exhibition space of the Triskel Arts Centre, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / installation view
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Installation view of the panorama wall drawing including a drawing of the exhibition space in the exhibition space, upside-down mountains after drawings of Connemara by George Petrie and the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Wall drawing of the exhibition space of the Triskel Arts Centre, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the wall drawing of the exhibition space of the Triskel Arts Centre exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / installation view
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Installation view of the panorama wall drawing including a drawing of the office space in the Triskel Arts Centre, upside-down mountains after drawings of Connemara by George Petrie and the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Wall drawing of the office space in the Triskel Arts Centre, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

A detail of the wall drawing of the office space in the Triskel Arts Centre, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / installation view
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Installation view of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down and right-side-up mountains by George Petrie and the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including right-side-up mountain by George Petrie exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down and right-side-up mountains by George Petrie exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down mountain by George Petrie exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down mountain by George Petrie and the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / installation view
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Installation view of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down and right-side-up mountains by George Petrie and the Frances Bacon studio at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including right-side-up mountain by George Petrie exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down mountain by George Petrie exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Top Half of the Hero / panorama wall drawing / detail
2002
Coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint
Variable (temporary)

Detail of the panorama wall drawing including upside-down and right-side-up mountains by George Petrie exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper, coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint, videos, projector, TV monitor, framed photographs
Top Half of the Hero / backroom / entrance
2002
Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper, coloured chalk, chipboard wall, emulsion paint, videos, projector, TV monitor, framed photographs
Variable

The entrance into the backroom, which included an interactive area, videos and photographs.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper, chipboard wall, videos, projector, TV monitor, framed photographs
Top Half of the Hero / backroom / installation view
2002
Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper, chipboard wall, videos, projector, TV monitor, framed photographs
Variable

The backroom, which included the interactive area at the Triskel Arts Centre 2002. This area was designed to continue the dialogue between the audience, the artwork and the exhibition space.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper
Top Half of the Hero / interactive area / detail
2002
Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper
Variable

The interactive area in the backroom at the Triskel Arts Centre 2002. On the table there were stencils made of perspex, these were based on the drawings from the 'panorama wall drawing'.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper
Top Half of the Hero / interactive area / detail
2002
Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper
Variable

The interactive area in the backroom at the Triskel Arts Centre 2002. On the table there were stencils made of perspex, these were based on the drawings from the 'panorama wall drawing'.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper, chipboard wall, video, projector
Top Half of the Hero / interactive area / installation view
2002
Table, chairs, stencils, pens, paper, chipboard wall, video, projector
Variable

The interactive area in the backroom at the Triskel Arts Centre 2002. On the table there were stencils made of perspex, these were based on the drawings from the 'panorama wall drawing'.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Table, chairs, stencils, pens & paper, chipboard wall
Top Half of the Hero / interactive area / detail
2002
Table, chairs, stencils, pens & paper, chipboard wall
Variable

Some of the drawings created through the participation of the public.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Video, projector, chipboard wall, chains
Top Half of the Hero / video (part 1)
2002
Video, projector, chipboard wall, chains
Variable

The Top Half of the Hero (part 1) was a video of the front of a canoe shot through the windscreen of a car. The camera has been turned upside down and the video slowed down to give the illusion that the passing trees are reflections, silent. (also see videos)
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Video, video projector, chipboard wall, chains
Top Half of the Hero / video (part 1)
2002
Video, video projector, chipboard wall, chains
Variable

The Top Half of the Hero (part 1) was a video of the front of a canoe shot through the windscreen of a car. The camera has been turned upside down and the video slowed down to give the illusion that the passing trees are reflections, silent. (also see videos)
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Video, TV monitor, framed photographs
Top Half of the Hero / backroom / installation view
2002
Video, TV monitor, framed photographs
Variable

The Top Half of the Hero (part 2) was a video of the shadow of a canoe shot through the passenger window of a moving car. The camera has been turned upside down, it is shot in real-time and includes the sounds of the car. (also see videos) The digital photographs include images of the Triskel Arts Centre gallery space, the office spaces of the Triskel Arts Centre and the Context Arts Centre, Derry, the Ulster Museum, Belfast and a Connemara landscape.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Video, TV monitor
Top Half of the Hero / video (part 2)
2002
Video, TV monitor
14 inch

The Top Half of the Hero (part 2) was a video of the shadow of a canoe shot through the passenger window of a moving car. The camera has been turned upside down, it is shot in real-time and includes the sounds of the car. (also see videos)
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Pen on collaged photographs
Top Half of the Hero / fake installation
2002
Pen on collaged photographs
61 x 124 cm

This work shows what appears to be documentation of a wall drawing in the gallery space at the Triskel Arts Centre, but the installation never existed. The drawings are based on paintings by James Barry. This work is about the relationship of the viewer to the exhibition space, and the historical context of the exhibition space in relation to art history of Cork.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Pen on collaged photographs
Top Half of the Hero / fake installation / detail
2002
Pen on collaged photographs
61 x 124 cm

This work shows what appears to be documentation of a wall drawing in the gallery space at the Triskel Arts Centre, but the installation never existed. The drawings are based on paintings by James Barry. This work is about the relationship of the viewer to the exhibition space, and the historical context of the exhibition space in relation to art history of Cork.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Framed photographs
Top Half of the Hero / photographs
2002
Framed photographs
35 x 46 cm (ea)

The photographs include shots of the Triskel Arts Centre gallery space, the office spaces of the Triskel Arts Centre and the Context Arts Centre, Derry, the Ulster Museum, Belfast and a Connemara landscape.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Photograph
Top Half of the Hero / photograph
2002
Photograph
35 x 46 cm

Triskel Arts Centre office space, Cork.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Photograph
Top Half of the Hero / photograph
2002
Photograph
35 x 46 cm

Context Arts Centre office space, Derry.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Photograph
Top Half of the Hero / photograph
2002
Photograph
35 x 46 cm

Triskel Arts Centre gallery space, Cork.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Photograph
Top Half of the Hero / photograph
2002
Photograph
35 x 46 cm

Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Sarah Iremonger Top Half of the Hero 2002 Photograph
Top Half of the Hero / photograph
2002
Photograph
35 x 46 cm

Connemara landscape, Co. Galway.