Top Half of the Hero was a multimedia installation with public participation, exhibited at the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 2002 consisting of office furniture, photography, video, neon, wall drawings, paper, drawing materials and stencils.

The work was a critical response to issues which arose in relation to the history of painting. Through site-specific works, connections were made to different sub-plots in art, such as the myth of the artist, the myth of representation and the myth of the gallery as an exhibition space. The hero here is ‘art history’ and the 'top half' refers to top heavy with the implication that it's falling over. The work is best received in a post-modern context where established Western art traditions are explored, exposing and challenging the hidden mechanisms that underpin the processes of making and exhibiting art. 

Also see Videos Top Half of the Hero 1 & 2 2002