Kennedy Browne
Ireland's presentation at the 53rd International Art Exhibition seeks to foreground two artists (but three practices) who operate without commercial gallery representation. The engagement of / with people forms a central element of their practice, and art is at the core. The technically accomplished and visually engaging artworks they produce exist as the gravitational centre for explorations around identity, labour, craft, design, globalisation, economics, language, architecture, beauty, money, value and being human. As a consequence their work operates both within and beyond the traditional ideas an art world affords itself. This presentation is reflected in the book itself, comprising as it does three books Gareth Kennedy, Sarah Browne and ther book of their combined practice Kennedy Browne, 64 pages each held together with a black elsastic band. Illustrated throughout.