Yo llo mmot
Occupy Space, Limerick
September 9 – 25, 2010



"A dozen works shown in Tom Molloy’s solo show Yo lo vi will be re-created.  Originally shown in 2005, just down the road from Occupy Space, at the Limerick City Gallery of Art.  The works will be approximations made on a reduced budget with limited materials and time, and, as the artist did not see the original exhibition, be based on the exhibition catalogue photographs.  Through this process of re-interpretation, not unlike a cover-band or karaoke, the imitations change, distort and take on a new layer of meaning. At times updating and at times imitating the original methodology, Ricks consciously 'riffs' off of Molloy's originals.

The project focuses on art history, institutional critique, boundaries and ownership, but importantly it investigates the origins of creativity.  This is achieved through a rejection of the ‘original’ and the ‘individual’, i.e. nothing is new in any practical sense, but is instead divergent and additive; a combination of existing ideas.  Yo llo mmot is also a new take on the tradition in fine arts training through imitation of ‘old masters’ work."

Globe (Globe)

Original exhibition catalogue.


September 11, 2009 (Westwing)


Mushroom Cloud (Cloud)

Molloy's.


Ebay reminder: X-ray of Hitler's head, using ASCII converter (Self-portrait)


Detail of Treason (Allegiance)


Map (Map)

Original.


Detail of Commander, Estimated 3,000 Afghan civilians dead 2009-10 (Pilots)


Commander, Estimated 3,000 Afghan civilians dead 2009-10 (Pilots)


10,000 Dinar Note (Greenback)


Detail of Advertiser, 9-11-89 (Times)


Detail of Dead Texans (Dead Texans)


Dead Texans (Dead Texans)


Crown (Crown)

Original.

The show was opened by Michael Fitzpatrick, curator of the original Yo lo vi.