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The Lost Property Office was featured on BBC Manchester's Arts & Culture website »
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I could attempt to explain this exhibition, but it would probably take me all day, so here's the blurb from the back of the book which accompanied the show. If it makes sense, great. If not, please give me a call next time you have 24 hours to talk and I'll go through it all with you. Suffice to say I wrote some stories and drew some sketches, Zoë Byrne took some photographs and sourced some intriguing objects and a whole world of weird opened up in front of us.
"Have you ever longed for an unnecessarily complex solution to a seemingly simple problem? No, neither had the hapless victims trapped within the events portrayed in the book entitled 'The Master of Complications'. These innocents entered the premises of Herr Franck Muller with apparently straightforward requests, only to be dragged into a terrifying world of violent hallucinations, rat infested tunnels, psychotic Siamese twins and evil dwarves.
Indeed, it seems the authors are also victims of this curse, as they have not chosen to write or illustrate these pages. It seems possible that Franck Muller is himself the twisted puppeteer behind the words, illustrations and photographs before you. Is it Muller’s intention that this publication serves as a warning of his impenetrable control over humanity?
Quite possibly. He is, after all, The Master of Complications. Above you will see an essential element of Herr Muller's convoluted apparatus. Used routinely as part of Hans Fritzl's violent interrogations, the random question generator has posed queries so complex they have confounded the sharpest of minds." |
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Exhibitions & Installations.
September 2009:
Le Boulevard de Banni
At: Common, Edge Street, Manchester
Another joint show with Zoë Byrne. For this exhibition we dumped the canvas and paper, instead painting directly on to the walls of this bar in Manchester's Northern Quarter.
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August 2009:
The Lost Property Office
At: The Art of Tea, Manchester
Joint exhibition with photographer Zoë Byrne.
BBC feature on The Lost Property Office »
February 2009:
The Master of Complications
At: The Art of Tea, Manchester
Joint exhibition with photographer Zoë Byrne.
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October 2008
The Master of Complications
At: Almiro Gallery, Waterloo, Liverpool
Joint exhibition and book launch with photographer Zoë Byrne. A bit of a departure from my usual style, and my first venture into a more installation-based show.
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September 2007
Last Stand
At: Blackburne House, Liverpool
Photographs and abstract paintings reflecting the changing nature of Liverpool's Jamaica Street area.
July 2007
The Road to Rhyl
At: Almiro Gallery, Waterloo, Liverpool
Photography and paintings focusing on a journey through the industrial areas of North Wales. Cheerful, I know.
Featured on Art in Liverpool »
March 2006
Solo Show
At: Almiro Gallery, Waterloo, Liverpool
My first solo show. It went very well and I got a few commissions from it. Gave me a lot of confidence in my work.
Oct. 2005
Group Show
At: Almiro Gallery, Waterloo, Liverpool
I had a couple of paintings in the opening show for our gallery in Waterloo.
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July 2004
Joint Show
At: The Kif, Parr Street, Liverpool
Joint exhibition with one of my oldest friends, the brilliant abstract artist Eric Orme.
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