“Duffy’s playful attitude to materials and situations counterbalances a very serious social conscience and political intent. The themes of his work include post-colonialism, media, cultural appropriation, and social, individual and collective responsibilities.”
— Alice Maher
“It’s a challenge attempting to contain the mercurial vision of Bryan Gerard Duffy, and there is nothing ‘idle’ in the scope and ambition on display here. Ultimately, Duffy is a storyteller, and the interwoven narratives of Idle Walls are the makings of a weighty novel, on this occasion condensed into a short story.”
— Ian Wieczorek (artist, curator, critical commentator)
“By changing his name, the artist is taking on the identity of ‘the other’, challenging our preconceptions of who or what it is to be Irish, and our relationship to the changing face of Ireland.”
— Michelle Browne (Circa Magazine 2009)
“Bryan Duffy’s work threw up more questions than answers. The complex issues relating to family, national identity and our relationship to the asylum-seeking process were all brought to the fore, but without the neat finish that one might hope for. This was a bold and ambitious engagement with current socio-political issues.”
— Michelle Browne, artist, curator and writer

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