Gerard Byrne: Turning Corners | Exhibition & New Book
Gerard Byrne Studio presents a major solo exhibition showcasing Byrne’s most significant body of work to date. The exhibition comprises a selection of extraordinary plein air and figurative works, all executed during the three Lockdown phases of the Covid 19 pandemic and spanning the period Spring 2020 to Summer 2021. On display are over 60 artworks, all of which feature in Turning Corners, a unique, lavish, and highly collectable volume published by Gerard Byrne Studio to coincide with this show.
Charting Byrne’s lockdown journey in spectacular colour, Turning Corners – the artist’s first publication – shows us how his victory over initial negativity led him to embrace the curtailment of certain freedoms and, ultimately, enjoy an unconfined explosion of creativity.
Turning Corners features illustrations of Byrne’s complete lockdown output of 150 stunning artworks, and, along with accompanying text by Susan Stairs, offers a rare and captivating visual record and time capsule of our national topography, both urban and rural, during a period of global significance.
From the rooftops and residential roads of Ranelagh to the cherry blossoms of Herbert Park and Portobello; from Leeson Street and the Grand Canal to the National Botanic Gardens and St Stephen’s Green; from the seaside villages of Dalkey and Sandycove to the Dingle Peninsula on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way; Byrne has given us a pictorial record of an extraordinary time as seen through the eyes of one who discovered beauty and complexity around every corner, regardless of strict travel limits.
FREE entry | No booking is required
Exhibition opening hours:
- Tuesday – Wednesday – Thursday | 12 – 6pm
- Friday – Saturday – Sunday | 12 – 7pm
- Monday | CLOSED
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