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# Curios About: Assembly by Edel Cox
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/curios-about-assembly-by-edel-cox/
- Published: 2015-10-14T20:02:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-12T20:02:00.000Z
- Description: This work is “a reflection on working a normal nine-to-five job, where the content is kind of strange and unrelatable to you . . . repetitive and pointless”, according to Cox.
- Author: Square in the Circle
- Tags: Culture Desk, arts, Curios About, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**Assembly**  
Edel Cox  
Charcoal and Conté on paper, 70cm x 100cm

1\. This work is about . . . the culture of mass production, and the cycle of extraction, production, consumption, disposal and reuse. The women attempt to assemble damaged and curious materials, in a process that appears to have no beginning and no end. It is also a sort of reflection on working a normal nine-to-five job, where the content is kind of strange and unrelatable to you. The feeling of being engaged in a seemingly repetitive and pointless activity that is never called out.

2\. I made this work because . . . I watched that documentary *[Manufactured Landscapes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufactured%5FLandscapes?ref=dublininquirer.com),* and I was also working in a crappy job. It was a joining of the two experiences.

3\. I hope that when people see this work they will . . . note how it’s kind of unfinished and pretty rough around the edges, but will also appreciate that.

4\. In terms of art history, this work . . . is a contemporary expressive drawing. Around the time that I was making this type of work, I went to see the Alice Maher [retrospective](http://www.imma.ie/en/page%5F212499.htm?ref=dublininquirer.com) in [IMMA](http://www.imma.ie/en/index.htm?ref=dublininquirer.com). I felt a connection between the darker, intensive drawings of “[The Thicket](http://www.alicemaher.com/the-thicket---1991.html?ref=dublininquirer.com)“, and what I was attempting to do.

5\. You can see my work . . . Mostly shoved into various wardrobes and cubbyholes around my house, and also at [edelcox.weebly.com](http://edelcox.weebly.com/?ref=dublininquirer.com).

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*Curios \[sic\] About is a series featuring works by Dublin artists, curated for us by our friends at the [Square in the Circle](http://dublininquirer.com/curios-about/?ref=dublininquirer.com) blog, and hosted there as well as here. Each artist is asked to submit an image of one work and answer a set of questions about it. We’d love it if you’d [submit](http://dublininquirer.com/curios-about/?ref=dublininquirer.com) something you’ve made.*