'Gay Byrne' wallpaper
Wallpaper
2000 (made)
2000 (made)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
This wallpaper was made for a portrait commission from the National Gallery of Ireland. It was the backdrop to Kindness's oil painting of the sitter which also showed him in profile, repeated. The subject of this playful wallpaper portrait is Gay Byrne, a popular radio and television presenter in Ireland. By choosing to portray him in this way, Kindness was commenting on Byrne's one-time ubiquity as a commentator on Ireland's cultural life. The figures in the background of the wallpaper refer to some of the more surreal events and guests on Byrne's television programme, The Late, Late Show; these including people dancing, singing, fighting and making sculptures from butter.
Object details
Categories | |
Object type | |
Title | 'Gay Byrne' wallpaper (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Inkjet print on paper |
Brief description | 'Gay Byrne' wallpaper, profile heads repeated on pale turquoise ground, by John Kindness, printed by Anthony Hobbs, Ireland, 2000 |
Physical description | Portion of wallpaper with profile heads of the TV personality Gay Byrne repeated on a pale turquoise ground. |
Dimensions |
|
Credit line | Given by the artist |
Subject depicted | |
Summary | This wallpaper was made for a portrait commission from the National Gallery of Ireland. It was the backdrop to Kindness's oil painting of the sitter which also showed him in profile, repeated. The subject of this playful wallpaper portrait is Gay Byrne, a popular radio and television presenter in Ireland. By choosing to portray him in this way, Kindness was commenting on Byrne's one-time ubiquity as a commentator on Ireland's cultural life. The figures in the background of the wallpaper refer to some of the more surreal events and guests on Byrne's television programme, The Late, Late Show; these including people dancing, singing, fighting and making sculptures from butter. |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.513-2009 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
Record created | November 20, 2009 |
Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest