ADA is a visual art project by Irish artist Shane Finan. It consists of one painting split into 96 distinct pieces. Each piece can be viewed online in a compiled exhibition format. The pieces are being sold through Swiss gallery Wandelbar Art International’s online store, to be distributed throughout the world as multiple pieces of one single object. All promotion and distribution is being done via the medium of the internet, as part of the concept outlined below.

The work uses a painting as a singular whole made up of constituent parts. In a multi-centred world that is interconnected through communication and relation to individual places this painting reinterprets the object of a painting as an artwork in multiple form. The goal of the project is to split the ‘whole’ into individual parts and redistribute them internationally in order for patrons to experience a fraction of the whole as a single part of the painting’s experience. This represents contemporary life in a world shared by communication and international travel: An object is shared via a digital network. The subject matter of the overall painting reflects this same idea: Islands can connect but also have individual identities, and each individual piece is a reflection of this.

The funds raised from online sales are being put toward Wandelbar Art International’s Celtic tour exhibition in Ireland, Wales and Scotland, 2015-2016. Shane’s work was kindly donated to help assist in funding this project.

For more information please visit shanefinanart.org or wandelbar-art-international.com.