1-2) We are the People; 3) Ventriloquist Dummies Double Self Portrait; 4) Dead of Night; 5) New Meat
Beagles and Ramsay, 1999–2005
Beagles and Ramsay are a well established artist duo based in Glasgow. This selection shows the development in their practice. 1-2) a documentation of a performance where Graham Ramsay (dressed as Robert DeniroÂ’s character in the film Taxi Driver) goes to number 10 Downing Street to deliver the Prime Minister a piece of paper on which is written: 'We are the People Suck On This'. This piece of paper is signed by the artists (main illustration); 3) Two meticulously crafted 'doppelganger' ventriloquist dummies, hand built by the artists using traditional techniques; 4) Two framed self portraits of the artists with the dummies, mimicking 'British music hall' entertainment and in a slapstick, melodramatic, grotesque style; 5) A video in which the 2 dummies speak to the viewer in short fragmented sentences about their needs and wants, which is a development from the previous work.
More information
Title of artwork, date
1-2) We are the People; 3) Ventriloquist Dummies Double Self Portrait; 4) Dead of Night; 5) New Meat, 1999–2005
Date supported
2010
Medium and material
1) video; 2) photograph; 3) sculpture; 4) photograph; 5) video
Dimensions
Various
Grant
3500
Total cost
7000

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