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Brian O'Doherty, b.1928, Patrick Ireland, b.1972

The Burial of Patrick Ireland2008

On 20 May 2008, after 36 years of making art as Patrick Ireland, Brian O’Doherty reclaimed his birth name with the burial of his alter ego in the grounds of IMMA. The burial was a gesture of reconciliation to celebrate the restoration of peace in Northern Ireland, just as his action in assuming the name Patrick Ireland was a protest at the British military presence in Northern Ireland and the failure of the authorities to ensure civil rights for all.

MediumLimestone headstone, plaster cast Death Mask by Charles Simonds
Credit LineIMMA Collection: Donation, 2008
Item NumberIMMA.2863
Copyright Clare Lymer photography.
For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Brian O'Doherty, Patrick Ireland, The Burial of Patrick Ireland, 2008, Limestone headstone, plaster cast Death Mask by Charles Simonds, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, Donation, 2008

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

Brian O'Doherty

Brian O'Doherty b.1928

Brian O’Doherty was born in Ireland and is now based in New York. When he left Dublin in 1957, O’Doherty was a qualified medical doctor and emerging artist, and is now renowned as an artist, writer, critic, television host, filmmaker and educator.
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Patrick Ireland

Patrick Ireland 1972–2008

During the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in 1972, Brian O'Doherty, in a performance before 30 invited witnesses and assisted by artists Robert Ballagh and Brian King, undertook to sign his artworks Patrick Ireland 'until such time as the British military presence is removed from Northern Ireland'. After 36 years of making art as Patrick Ireland, O'Doherty reclaimed his birth name with the symbolic burial of his alter ego in the grounds of IMMA on the afternoon of Tuesday 20 May 2008.
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