20/02/2025
FOR OUR CLOSING TALK OF THE PROGRAMME, WE WILL BE JOINED BY OISIN BYRNE — AN IRISH ARTIST BASED IN LONDON WORKING ACROSS FILM, PAINTING, PERFORMANCE AND SONG. BEFORE SPEAKING WITH OISIN THE FESTIVAL WILL BE SCREENING HIS FILM, GLUE (2018).
OISÍN’S WORK IS INFLECTED BY BIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS, ADDRESSING THE SLIPPERY WORLDS OF LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY, OFTEN PRESENTING A Q***R PERFORMATIVITY.
IN 2024 BYRNE’S SOLO EXHIBITION “SMELL THE BOOK” OPENED AT MOUNT STUART VISUAL ARTS, SCOTLAND. IN FLASH ART’S REVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION, FRANK WASSER WROTE “AT THE HEART OF OISÍN BYRNE’S LATEST EXHIBITION, “SMELL THE BOOK,” THE TENSIONS BETWEEN LANGUAGE, LITERARY HISTORIES, AND FORM ARE EXPLORED WITH BOTH PLAYFULNESS AND DEPTH.”
A SOLO EXHIBITION OF BYRNE’S WORK WILL OPEN THIS APRIL AT AMANDA WILKINSON GALLERY, LONDON, SHOWING BYRNE’S CURRENT, ONGOING SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF HIS COLLABORATORS AND FRIENDS - OFTEN OTHER ARTISTS, WRITERS AND MAKERS. MADE FROM LIFE AT THE ARTISTS STUDIO - THESE WORKS ALSO ACT AS A HOMAGE TO THE COLLECTIVE AND INTIMATE SPACE OF MAKING ART.
BYRNE’S WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY IN INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING SALZBURGER KUNSTVEREIN, GOLDSMITHS CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, KUNSTINSTITUUT MELLY, THE IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, EVA INTERNATIONAL, PARIS INTERNATIONALE, AND PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. HIS WRITING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN BOOKS BY PILOT PRESS, MA BIBLIOTHEQUE, EROS PRESS AND BOOKWORKS. HE IS REPRESENTED BY AMANDA WILKINSON GALLERY, LONDON.
SEE YOU THERE,
TAF
