13 Jul 2008
D A D A L E N I N
Above photos by Dave Ruffles
G126 and the Galway Arts Festival present:
DADALENIN
by RAINER GANAHL
July 14th – August 16th 2008
Opening Reception: 7pm Thursday July 17th
Rainer Ganahl is a Swiss artist based in New York. His work encompasses grand narratives and Google searches, EBAY and embroidery, explores how the incidental and banal are inextricable from the political. He has recently shown at the Istanbul, Venice and Moscow Biennials. G126 is delighted to make possible his first appearance in Ireland.
DADALENIN is an ongoing project that asserts that V. I. Lenin was a founding member of the Dadaist movement; That Lenin was a regular at the Cabaret Voltaire when in Zurich in 1916; That he operated in disguise and most other Dadaists weren't aware of it; That Lenin even wrote poems for Tristan Tzara, had a secret relationship with him and participated in a diverse range of early Dadaist advances. In the latest Irish installment of this project Ganahl has included James Joyce as a collaborator. Joyce was also present in Zurich at the same time as Lenin and the Dadaists. Ganahl uses DADALENIN to prove these assertions by connecting historical events, artifacts, images, readings, internet searches, even other artworks and historical figures. Making serious points through a comedic methodology, DADALENIN addresses the lost causes of the 20th century's problematic history.
G126 is a democratically run, artist-led gallery and project space in Galway, which promotes experimental artworks that wouldn't be shown in conventional institutions such as commercial galleries.
G126
Unit 11, Ballybane Ind Est
Tuam Rd. Galway Ireland
Open everyday of the Arts Festival 12- 5.
Regular gallery hours are Thursday to Saturday 12-5
www.ganahl.info
www.ganahl.info/g126.html