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	\| title = Dublin's Last Supper		\| title = Dublin's Last Supper
	\| image = Dublin's Last Supper by John Byrne.jpg		\| image = Dublin's Last Supper by John Byrne.jpg
	\| artist = [[John Byrne]]		\| caption = ''Dublin's Last Supper'' in 2011
			\| artist = [[John Byrne (Irish artist)\|John Byrne]]
	\| year = 2004		\| year = 2004
	\| ~~dimensions~~ = 220 ~~cm x~~ 930 cm		\| medium = [[Vitreous enamel]] on steel
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			\| museum = Bloom Lane
	\| city = Dublin		\| city = Dublin
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	'''''Dublin's Last Supper''''' is a photographic mural by Irish artist [[John Byrne (Irish artist)\|John Byrne]]~~, which~~ was installed in ~~the city~~'s [[Italian Quarter, Dublin\|Italian Quarter]] in 2004. ~~Modeled on [[~~The ~~Last Supper (Leonardo)\|Leonardo da Vinci's ''The Last Supper'']]'','' the~~ work features contemporary ~~[[Dublin\|~~Dubliners]] as [[Jesus]] and the [[Apostles in the New Testament\|Twelve Apostles]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=St. Martin \|first=Marina \|date=7 April 2012 \|title=The Supper Club \|work=The Gold Coast Bulletin \|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=20120407Q023378743&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|via=[[EBSCOHost]]}}</ref> Measuring ~~2.2 metres~~ by ~~9.3 metres~~, ''Dublin's Last Supper'' is printed on [[vitreous enamel]] covering nine steel panels installed along Millennium ~~Walk~~.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|last=McNally \|first=Frank \|title=111 places in Dublin that you shouldn't miss \|publisher=Emons Verlag GmbH \|year=2015 \|isbn=978-3-95451-649-0 \|location=Germany \|pages=72 \|chapter=32 – Dublin's Last Supper – An Irish twist on an Italian classic}}</ref><ref name=":3" />		'''''Dublin's Last Supper''''' is a photographic mural by Irish artist [[John Byrne (Irish artist)\|John Byrne]] that was installed in [[Dublin]]'s [[Italian Quarter, Dublin\|Italian Quarter]] in 2004. The work features contemporary Dubliners as [[Jesus]] and the [[Apostles in the New Testament\|Twelve Apostles]], reenacting ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)\|The Last Supper]]'' by [[Leonardo da Vinci]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|last=St. Martin \|first=Marina \|date=7 April 2012 \|title=The Supper Club \|work=The Gold Coast Bulletin \|url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=20120407Q023378743&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|via=[[EBSCOHost]]}}</ref> Measuring {{convert\|220\|by\|930\|cm}}, ''Dublin's Last Supper'' is printed on [[vitreous enamel]] covering nine steel panels installed along Bloom Lane, part of the Millennium Walkway.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|last=McNally \|first=Frank \|title=111 places in Dublin that you shouldn't miss \|publisher=Emons Verlag GmbH \|year=2015 \|isbn=978-3-95451-649-0 \|location=Germany \|pages=72 \|chapter=32 – Dublin's Last Supper – An Irish twist on an Italian classic}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

	== Background ==		== Background ==
	In 2003, Byrne was approached by curator Clíodhna Shaffrey to submit a proposal for the project, which was commissioned by developer [[Mick Wallace]] of M&J Wallace, as a centrepiece for the [[Italian Quarter, Dublin\|Italian Quarter in Dublin]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|last=Thomas \|first=Cónal \|date=10 February 2016 \|title=Brushing up: that mural on Millennium Walk \|work=Dublin InQuirer \|url=https://dublininquirer.com/2016/02/10/brushing-up-that-mural-on-millennium-walk/ \|access-date=2023-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|title=Dublin's Last Supper \|url=https://publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/dublins-last-supper/e793abe5734565de4ef3ce199861dac5/ \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|website=Publicart.ie}}</ref>		In 2003, Byrne was approached by curator Clíodhna Shaffrey to submit a proposal for the project, which was commissioned by developer [[Mick Wallace]] of M&J Wallace, as a centrepiece for the [[Italian Quarter, Dublin\|Italian Quarter in Dublin]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news \|last=Thomas \|first=Cónal \|date=10 February 2016 \|title=Brushing up: that mural on Millennium Walk \|work=Dublin InQuirer \|url=https://dublininquirer.com/2016/02/10/brushing-up-that-mural-on-millennium-walk/ \|access-date=2023-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web \|title=Dublin's Last Supper \|url=https://publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/dublins-last-supper/e793abe5734565de4ef3ce199861dac5/ \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|website=Publicart.ie}}</ref>

	In February 2004, Byrne started recruiting local models on the streets of Dublin, based on their resemblance to the figures in ~~da Vinci~~'s work.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Buckley \|first=Donal \|date=1 April 2022 \|title=Units in Wallace's 'Italian Quarter' sold off at discount: PROPERTY \|work=[[Irish Independent]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com~~/newspapers/units-wallaces-italian-quarter-sold-off-at~~/docview/2645746294~~/se-2~~ \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|~~via~~=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> He approached a total of 150 potential candidates, who were narrowed down to 13 following rehearsals and screen tests.<ref name=":1" /> The models were Dubliners from a wide range of social and ~~ethnic~~ backgrounds, and included three women.<ref name=":1" /> Jesus was portrayed by Kulpreet Singh, an Indian Sikh PhD student at [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> The apostles were portrayed by Dubliners ~~representing~~ a variety of professions, including a tattoo artist, a librarian, an actor, a travel centre employee, an ecologist, a building worker, a network analyst, and various other students.<ref name=":3" />		In February 2004, Byrne started recruiting local models on the streets of Dublin, based on their resemblance to the figures in Leonardo's work.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news \|last=Buckley \|first=Donal \|date=1 April 2022 \|title=Units in Wallace's 'Italian Quarter' sold off at discount: PROPERTY \|work=[[Irish Independent]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2645746294 \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|id={{ProQuest\|2645746294}} }}</ref> He approached a total of 150 potential candidates, who were narrowed down to 13 following rehearsals and screen tests.<ref name=":1" /> The models were Dubliners from a wide range of social, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, and included three women.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Jesus was portrayed by Kulpreet Singh, an Indian Sikh PhD student at [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> The apostles were portrayed by Dubliners from a variety of professions, including a tattoo artist, a librarian, an actor, a travel centre employee, an ecologist, a building worker, a network analyst, and various other students.<ref name=":3" />

	~~Byrne~~ photographed the ~~models~~ at ~~a studio in Cow's Lane~~, in groups of one to three people at a time.<ref name=":2" /> The photographs were scanned in high resolution and sent to Belgium, where they were transposed onto nine panels of vitreous enamel.<ref name=":2" /> Byrne oversaw the installation in Dublin ~~in July 2004~~.<ref name=":2" />		The models' costumes were created by Irish vintage fashion designer Jean Cronin.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> In July 2004, the 13 models were photographed in the Church of St Michael and St John at [[Temple Bar, Dublin\|Temple Bar]], in seven separate groups of one to three people at a time.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news \|last=Powers \|first=Jane \|date=3 July 2004 \|title=Guess Who's Coming To Dinner; Jane Powers watches a team at work on a photographic re-enactment of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper \|work=[[Irish Times]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/309742452 \|access-date=2023-09-02 \|id={{ProQuest\|309742452}} }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The photographs were scanned in high resolution and sent to Belgium, where they were transposed onto nine panels of vitreous enamel.<ref name=":2" /> Byrne oversaw the installation in Dublin later that month.<ref name=":2" />

	== Description ==		== Description ==
	~~The Twelve Apostles dining with Jesus are dressed in contemporary clothing with a medieval style which evokes da Vinci~~'s ~~original work~~.~~<ref name=":2" /> The exception is [[Judas Iscariot~~\|~~Judas~~]]~~, who is dressed in a suit and appears to be a banker or businessman.<ref name=":2" />~~		[[File:Dublin's Last Supper, 2004, Ireland.jpg\|center\|thumb\|600x600px\|''Dublin's Last Supper'', photographed in 2021]]

	The table itself is laid with [[Soda bread\|Irish soda bread]] and a teapot, in addition to wine and fruit.<ref name=":1" /> Other elements include a [[Juventus FC\|Juventus]] jersey draped over a chair in the corner, which is an homage to Mick Wallace, an avid football fan.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />		The Twelve Apostles dining with Jesus are dressed in contemporary clothing in a medieval style, evoking Leonardo's original work.<ref name=":2" /> The exception is [[Judas Iscariot\|Judas]], who is dressed in a business suit and appears to be a banker or businessman.<ref name=":2" /> The table itself is laid with [[Soda bread\|Irish soda bread]] and a red teapot, in addition to wine and fruit.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Other elements include a [[Juventus FC\|Juventus]] jersey draped over a chair in the corner, which is an homage to Mick Wallace, an [[Italophilia\|Italophile]] and avid football fan.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> The background is a cross-section of the ruined [[St. Luke's Church, Dublin\|St Luke's Church]] on [[The Coombe, Dublin\|the Coombe]] in Dublin, with the dome of the [[Four Courts]] in the distance.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />

	~~The background is a cross-section of~~ the ~~ruined~~ [[St. ~~Luke~~'~~s Church,~~ Dublin~~\|St Luke~~'s ~~Church]]~~ in ~~the Coombe, with the dome of the~~ [[~~Four Courts~~]] in ~~the distance~~.<ref ~~name=~~":1" /><ref name=":3" />		== Reception ==
	~~[[File:Dublin~~'s Last Supper~~, 2004, Ireland.jpg\|center\|thumb\|600x600px\|~~''~~Dublin~~'s ~~Last Supper'' (2004) by [[John Byrne (Irish artist)\|John Byrne]]]]~~		''Dublin's Last Supper'' has been called "witty"<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Godley \|first=Gerry \|date=2 August 2006 \|title=Out on the town \|work=[[Irish Times]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/308862822 \|access-date=2023-09-02 \|id={{ProQuest\|308862822}} }}</ref> and "irreverent".<ref name=":22">{{Cite news \|last1=O'Toole \|first1=Shane \|last2=McDonald \|first2=Frank \|date=3 March 2018 \|title=Dublin's north quays: Then and now in photographs \|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] \|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/dublin-s-north-quays-then-and-now-in-photographs-1.3411527 \|access-date=2023-09-02}}</ref> Although the work has been regarded by some as "blasphemous",<ref name=":2" /> according to journalist Frank McNally, "''The Last Supper'' has survived to become one of the city's better-loved public works of art."<ref name=":1" />

	~~== Reception ==~~		Artist Catherine Marshall wrote in ''[[The Irish Times]]'' that ''Dublin's Last Supper'' "subtly suggests that the [[Renaissance]] has finally come to Ireland in the form of cafe culture, while at the same time pointing to growing pluralism in Ireland, and the new religion of [[consumerism]]."<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Catherine \|date=22 November 2008 \|title=Writing up Irish art – Catherine Marshall on John Byrne \|work=[[Irish Times]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/309095464 \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|id={{ProQuest\|309095464}} }}</ref>
	''[[The Irish Times]]'' ~~has suggested~~ that ''Dublin's Last Supper'' "subtly suggests that the [[Renaissance]] has finally come to Ireland in the form of cafe culture, while at the same time pointing to growing pluralism in Ireland, and the new religion of [[consumerism]]."<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Catherine \|date=22 November 2008 \|title=Writing up Irish art – Catherine Marshall on John Byrne \|work=[[Irish Times]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com~~/newspapers/writing-up-irish-art~~/docview/309095464~~/se-2~~ \|access-date=2023-08-27 \|~~via~~=[[~~ProQuest~~]]}}</ref>
			In 2008, an article in ''The Irish Times'' observed that the mural had remained "miraculously unvandalised, except for the occasional graffiti".<ref>{{Cite news \|date=29 October 2008 \|title=An Irishman's Diary \|work=[[Irish Times]] \|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/309095210 \|access-date=2023-09-02 \|id={{ProQuest\|309095210}} }}</ref>

			==See also==
			* [[List of public art in Dublin]]
			* [[The Last Supper (photograph)\|''The Last Supper'' (photograph)]]

	== References ==		== References ==
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{{Italic title}}{{Under construction|placedby=}}{{Infobox artwork
| title = Dublin's Last Supper
| image = Dublin's Last Supper by John Byrne.jpg
| artist = [[John Byrne]]
| year = 2004
| dimensions = 220 cm x 930 cm
| city = Dublin
}}
'''''Dublin's Last Supper''''' is a photographic mural by Irish artist [[John Byrne (Irish artist)|John Byrne]], which was installed in the city's [[Italian Quarter, Dublin|Italian Quarter]] in 2004. Modeled on [[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|Leonardo da Vinci's ''The Last Supper'']]'','' the work features contemporary [[Dublin|Dubliners]] as [[Jesus]] and the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Twelve Apostles]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=St. Martin |first=Marina |date=7 April 2012 |title=The Supper Club |work=The Gold Coast Bulletin |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=20120407Q023378743&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2023-08-27 |via=[[EBSCOHost]]}}</ref> Measuring 2.2 metres by 9.3 metres, ''Dublin's Last Supper'' is printed on [[vitreous enamel]] covering nine steel panels installed along Millennium Walk.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=McNally |first=Frank |title=111 places in Dublin that you shouldn't miss |publisher=Emons Verlag GmbH |year=2015 |isbn=978-3-95451-649-0 |location=Germany |pages=72 |chapter=32 – Dublin's Last Supper – An Irish twist on an Italian classic}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

== Background ==
In 2003, Byrne was approached by curator Clíodhna Shaffrey to submit a proposal for the project, which was commissioned by developer [[Mick Wallace]] of M&J Wallace, as a centrepiece for the [[Italian Quarter, Dublin|Italian Quarter in Dublin]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Cónal |date=10 February 2016 |title=Brushing up: that mural on Millennium Walk |work=Dublin InQuirer |url=https://dublininquirer.com/2016/02/10/brushing-up-that-mural-on-millennium-walk/ |access-date=2023-08-27}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Dublin's Last Supper |url=https://publicart.ie/main/directory/directory/view/dublins-last-supper/e793abe5734565de4ef3ce199861dac5/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Publicart.ie}}</ref>

In February 2004, Byrne started recruiting local models on the streets of Dublin, based on their resemblance to the figures in da Vinci's work.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Donal |date=1 April 2022 |title=Units in Wallace's 'Italian Quarter' sold off at discount: PROPERTY |work=[[Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/units-wallaces-italian-quarter-sold-off-at/docview/2645746294/se-2 |access-date=2023-08-27 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> He approached a total of 150 potential candidates, who were narrowed down to 13 following rehearsals and screen tests.<ref name=":1" /> The models were Dubliners from a wide range of social and ethnic backgrounds, and included three women.<ref name=":1" /> Jesus was portrayed by Kulpreet Singh, an Indian Sikh PhD student at [[Trinity College Dublin]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /> The apostles were portrayed by Dubliners representing a variety of professions, including a tattoo artist, a librarian, an actor, a travel centre employee, an ecologist, a building worker, a network analyst, and various other students.<ref name=":3" />

Byrne photographed the models at a studio in Cow's Lane, in groups of one to three people at a time.<ref name=":2" /> The photographs were scanned in high resolution and sent to Belgium, where they were transposed onto nine panels of vitreous enamel.<ref name=":2" /> Byrne oversaw the installation in Dublin in July 2004.<ref name=":2" />

== Description ==
The Twelve Apostles dining with Jesus are dressed in contemporary clothing with a medieval style which evokes da Vinci's original work.<ref name=":2" /> The exception is [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]], who is dressed in a suit and appears to be a banker or businessman.<ref name=":2" />

The table itself is laid with [[Soda bread|Irish soda bread]] and a teapot, in addition to wine and fruit.<ref name=":1" /> Other elements include a [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] jersey draped over a chair in the corner, which is an homage to Mick Wallace, an avid football fan.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

The background is a cross-section of the ruined [[St. Luke's Church, Dublin|St Luke's Church]] in the Coombe, with the dome of the [[Four Courts]] in the distance.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
[[File:Dublin's Last Supper, 2004, Ireland.jpg|center|thumb|600x600px|''Dublin's Last Supper'' (2004) by [[John Byrne (Irish artist)|John Byrne]]]]

== Reception ==
''[[The Irish Times]]'' has suggested that ''Dublin's Last Supper'' "subtly suggests that the [[Renaissance]] has finally come to Ireland in the form of cafe culture, while at the same time pointing to growing pluralism in Ireland, and the new religion of [[consumerism]]."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Marshall |first=Catherine |date=22 November 2008 |title=Writing up Irish art – Catherine Marshall on John Byrne |work=[[Irish Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/writing-up-irish-art/docview/309095464/se-2 |access-date=2023-08-27 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Public art in Ireland]]