Gary Farrelly (born 1983) is a contemporary
Irish artist based in
Brussels
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.
Career
Farrelly graduated from the
National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2006. His work involves a recurring fixation with narcissistic,
utopic
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, and infrastructural themes.
He was the subject of and star of the 2018 film work ''GLUE'', a "50-minute portrait of the director
Oisín Byrne's friend and longtime collaborator, a quick-witted and acid-tongued cross-dresser who refuses to adhere to a fixed identity." Additionally, Farrelly, with
Chris Dreier, is part of the artistic collaboration: "Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence".
Notes and references
External links
Official web site
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1983 births
20th-century Irish painters
21st-century Irish painters
Irish male painters
Living people
Alumni of the National College of Art and Design
Artists from Dublin (city)
Irish contemporary artists
20th-century Irish male artists