Dan Moynihan

Dan Moynihan has an acute interest in cinema. He often makes objects that are a response from seeing something in a movie that has caught his eye, something specific. It’s not something that I might pay attention to, it could be some kind of booth (personalised spaces where labour takes place is a recurring motif) or a line someone says. Sometimes the reference might be obvious to the viewer, but often it’s not. I think the way Dan looks at cinema has affected the way he looks at the world because he also makes things from real life that I suspect stir a similar kind of feeling in him. These objects might look like something inspired from a movie, but they are not. I don’t think it matters that much to Dan where it comes from, or that it’s necessary for you to get the reference. I just think he is trying to communicate the feeling he gets from these objects through making the work.

– Simon Zoric, 2022, Out of Interest (Dan Moynihan’s Suspension of Disbelief)

Dan Moynihan ‘Time and a Half’ (detail), mixed media, 215 x 141 x 91 cm, 2019. Exhibited at LON Gallery as part of The World Is A Teenager, 2019.
Dan Moynihan ‘Time and a Half’ (detail), mixed media, 215 x 141 x 91 cm, 2019. Exhibited at LON Gallery as part of The World Is A Teenager, 2019.
Bricks and Mortar 6 2017
Mirror finish 326 stainless steel, Styrofoam and acrylic
214 x 124 x 34 cm
Sunset Strip (Installation view) 2016
Mirror finish 316 stainless steel, automotive paint, aluminium
Five panels each: 214.5 x 124 x 6 cm Overall dimensions: 12.2 m x 124 cm x 6 cm
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The Least I Could Do 2016
Installation view