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The Outsider
1996/2004
Installation with paperback book on window ledge

The exhibition 'None of the Above', curated by John Armleder at Swiss Institute in New York, featured works that were of extremely reduced size, or that otherwise disappeared in the context of the gallery's architecture.

For my contribution, I placed a paperback copy of Albert Camus' 'The Outsider' on the window ledge outside the library at Swiss Institute, three floors above Broadway. The cover of this edition of the book featured an image of a lonely figure silhouetted on the edge of a cliff. Seen from the inside looking out, the piece punned on the title of the book, drawing out a mini existential drama.

This piece was originally made in 1996 for an exhibition at a small terrace house in Belfast where artist and curator Mike Wilson had been running a gallery space in his spare room.

Emily Hall , 'None Of The Above', Artforum, March 2005