Talk by artist James Merrigan at ' So, What? Andy Warhol Three Times Out' seminar

Title of talk by artist James Merrigan:
'Work, Warhol, Work!'
James Merrigan presented on the activity and idea of “work” in the work of Andy Warhol. Beyond Warhol, his objective was to critically question the relationship between work, the artwork, and the artist. And how this ménage à trois of work, artwork and artist plays out in culture, in what Jean Baudrillard calls the opposition between seduction and cultural production.
'So What? Andy Warhol Three Times Out Seminar', Friday 19 January 2024.
This day long seminar explored fascinating themes arising from the artistic practice, life and contemporary legacy of Andy Warhol with contributors: critic James Merrigan, author Alice Sherwood, critic and curator Dieter Buchhart, curator Padraic E Moore, Hugh Lane Gallery director Barbara Dawson and writer and curator Charlie Porter.
Chaired by curator and writer Declan McGonagle.
James Merrigan emerged as both an artist and art critic during the 2008 financial crash amidst an efflorescent blog culture. He continues to write under the frequency and critically confessional definition of an art blog. He cut his critical teeth as an independent, with a DIY back catalogue of online and printed identities, including +billion-journal and Fugitive Papers. His current identity, Small Night Projects, is where he now edits, screen-prints and exhibits art and text projects for publication and exhibition in collaboration with other artists and editors. He teaches at Gorey School of Art, and lectures in Psychoanalysis and Art at Trinity College Dublin.