GALERIE MODONOV(2011) Photographed by Perry Ogden

(Above) Galerie Modonov(2011), photograph by Perry Ogden.

NEW OBSESSIVE WALKING TOUR A SUCCESS!

(Above) GERMAN U-BOAT DOCKED PROCEEDS TO DOCK AT THE QUAYS IN DUBLIN (1939)

The first ever New Obsessive city tour took place in Dublin this Saturday. The tour was operated in conjunction with Gary Farrelly's exhibition All roads lead to Neustern which is currently on public show at Galerie Modonov. Taking the gallery as a starting point, Farrelly guided an enthusiastic group of more than 40 spectators around previously unknown points of historical interest in the Irish capital.The New Obsessive tour was the result of many months of applied research, was free of charge and was approximately 90 minutes in duration. Though all who were on the tour thoroughly enjoyed it and found it profoundly educational, there were some who questioned the factual integrity of some aspects of the tour. Principal sites visited included:

The city brothel
Kim Jong Il's Dublin holiday home
The 1939 Nazi U-Boat landing site
Intervision suicide hotel
The Vlad the Impaler monument
Hydrogen bomb proof buildings

Farrelly maintains that these as well as all the other locations on his tour were completely credible and 'without excessive exaggeration' or fictionalization. One member of the tour group commented "I don't care if all the facts are true or not. I loved seeing Dublin through the artist's eyes for an afternoon. I loved the stories of cold war espionage, city center FEMA camps and cannibalism, It was a refreshing break from the usual grey mince".
Renata Muller, Dublin.

GARY FARRELLY EXHIBITION, DUBLIN

Gary Farrelly's first exhibition in the Republic of Ireland since 2007 opens this November 10th. The exhibition entitled All Roads lead to Neustern is being presented by Galerie Modonov and will run until November 26th. On show will be a new body of work created by the artist at Central Trak in Dallas and at Pickering Forest. The artworks which Farrelly describes as "a portrait of the artist as an autonomous coastal city state" are being curated by Donna Marie O'Donovan.

‎'All Roads Lead to Neustern'
10 - 26 November 2011
Galerie Modonov
114 Capel Street
Dublin 1

ALL ROADS LEAD TO NEUSTERN

(Above) Image courtesy of Neustern International Airport(2011)

All Roads lead to Neustern