Operation Cork Completed April 2009 Home
One painting by the artist was donated to each of twenty five commercial galleries and spaces on London's famous Cork Street.  The works were transported together with a covering letter explaining the reasons for this charitable act, namely: to help alleviate the effects of the current global economic crisis for the art businesses of Mayfair.

The paintings themselves had been developed over a four month period by the artist.  The process involved locating second-hand paintings and framed imagery in Charity Shops, modifying through a range of techniques (additive as well as destructive) and employing acrylic paint and other binding agents to resolve each individual piece.
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  Cork Street Gallery/Space  Artefact Donated by Micheál O'Connell
  Sam Fogg Art MockSim OC 22 Improved Image 11.jpg
 
Title: Improved Image 11
  Description: Acrylic on acquired artefact
Dimensions (cm): 28.5 22.0
(inches): 11.2 8.7
Date Complete: Mar-09
  Helly Nahmad Gallery MockSim OC 14 Beautiful New Scene.jpg
 
Title: Beautiful New Scene
  Description: Acrylic on acquired artefact
Dimensions (cm): 37.5 27.5
(inches): 14.8 10.8
Date Complete: Feb-09
  Medici Gallery MockSim OC 03 That's Cat.jpg
 
Title: That's Cat
  Description: Acrylic on acquired artefact
Dimensions (cm): 22.0 27.0
(inches): 8.7 10.6
Date Complete: Jan-09
  Robert Sandelson MockSim OC 20 England Remixed.jpg
 
Title: England Remixed
  Description: Acrylic on acquired artefact
Dimensions (cm): 29.0 33.5
(inches): 11.4 13.2
Date Complete: Mar-09
  Bernard Jacaobson Gallery MockSim OC 21 Cross 01.jpg
 
Title: Cross 01
  Description: Acrylic on acquired artefact
Dimensions (cm): 35.5 40.5
(inches): 14.0 15.9
Date Complete: Mar-09
  India Tourist Office MockSim OC 12 New Painting 01.jpg
 
Title: New Painting 01
Not a gallery or art space Description: Acrylic on acquired artefact
Dimensions (cm): 19.0 19.0
(inches): 7.5 7.5
Date Complete: Feb-09
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