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Filet-O-Fish (Namedropping, MONA)

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posted on 2025-03-27, 22:12 authored by DARREN SYLVESTERDARREN SYLVESTER
Namedropping is a major exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart, Tasmania. The presentation of some 200 objects spans modern and contemporary art, indigenous artefacts, pop-culture memorabilia.

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  • Original Creative Work : Visual artwork

Place

Hobart, Tasmania

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MOMA (Museum of Old and New Art)

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MOMA (Museum of Old and New Art)

Start Date

2024-06-15

End Date

2025-04-21

Medium

screen printed wool, steel, wood

Research Statement

'Namedropping' was a major exhibition at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart, Tasmania. The presentation of some 200 objects spans modern and contemporary art, indigenous artefacts, pop-culture memorabilia. My work, 'Filet-O-Fish' a sculpture of a psychiatrists day bed I had fabricated to be covered in McDonalds packaging. As the title suggests, cultural recognition is a key theme of Namedropping, an exhibition designed around the idea that through association with celebrity or significant moments in history, the status of an object or person can be elevated (or lowered). The result is a meticulously researched and thoroughly documented exhibition that traverses a broad range of work, from art and high fashion to historical objects and literature. My inclusion in this exhibition is significant for the others artists exhibited; Picasso, David Bowie, Charles Darwin, Gustave Flaubert. In my work, Filet-O-Fish (2017), the designer sofa screen-printed with a discontinued wrapper design from McDonald's in the form of a chaise longue also associated with therapy suggests a relationship between comfort food and existential dread. The exhibition has been reviewed worldwide and is accompanied by a 350+ page book.

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'Filet-O-Fish' is a sculptural work included in this group exhibition

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