Alex Bag

June 2000

The exhibition celebrated the fictional character ‘Alex Bag’- “the New York bag lady of numerous guises, cometh to infuse Belfast with her frivolous flare”. The exhibition featured Twelve Spells, a series of twelve photographs of Alex Bag’s friends representing the zodiac signs, each sign induced by it’s favorite drug. Also featured was The Artist Mind, a 30 min video spoof on Damien Hirst, starring Alex’s brother Damien Bag. Viewers were invited to lounge in her very own living room, “a space warped through timezones and the Atlantic and landing right here in the upper gallery space at Catalyst Arts”. In this room a video library included the works: Spring 94, Fall 95, Fancypantz, His Girlfriend is a Robot, Harriet Craig, An Untitled Project for the Andy Warhol museum and a compilation of various appropriated television and video clips.