Liam Mullen

  1. Photo of perpetually-chilled beer, Pingu Ice, galvanized metal pail.
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    “One beer job” (Pail Ales: Tribute), Liam Mullen, 2023, perpetually-chilled beer, Pingu Ice, galvanized metal pail, dimensions vary 

    “If I had to guess, I would say that’s about a one-beer-job,” the expression and valuation tacked to the task of the ‘quick fix.’ Both a unit of measure indicative of the time it takes to achieve a job, as well as a proximate fiat, or currency, for one’s labour, “one-beer-job” (pail ales), sees the installation of perpetually-chilled beers as a mode of amplifying publics’ awareness to the precarious, and inconsistently regulated, economies endemic to the arts. 

    ©the artist