Beyond the White Cube: A Retrospective of Brian O'Doherty/Patrick Ireland

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Irish artist–filmmaker–trained physician–master of disguise Brian O’Doherty has adopted a number of pseudonyms throughout his career, though Patrick Ireland—the patriotic moniker taken in response to the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry—is considered his most common alter-ego. This meaty retrospective defines O’Doherty-Ireland as a mad scientist–slash–conceptual king: One work pictures found-art godfather Marcel Duchamp via his electrocardiogram; Duchamp died two years later. His heart, obviously, goes on. — Rachel Wolff