VISUAL ARTS INTERNATIONAL
“Byrne plays with the
idea of a camera being
a medium between the
truth and the illusion.”
~ NEW ART
GERARD
BYRNE
The rise of Irish artist Gerard
Byrne has been as rapid as it is
inevitable, with a growing oeuvre
of works that turn history into an
uncanny playground. Leaping nimbly
across video, photography and
installation, Byrne’s reconstructions
of conversations between historic
figures make strange their subjects
while recasting past eras in an eerily
artificial light.
#melbfest
Explore Byrne’s work and
his influence on other artists
across two exhibitions at iconic
Melbourne institutions.
LIFE INSIDE
AN IMAGE
A museum is a frame that transforms
its contents. It freezes them in time,
fixing their meaning. But what if the
museum itself becomes the subject?
Gerard Byrne’s newly commissioned
Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjneli (Film inside
an Image) 2015 —16 is the central work
in an international group exhibition
where each artist turns their attention
to the museum as a technology of
capture and attempted control.
MONASH UNIVERSITY
MUSEUM OF ART (MUMA)
CAULFIELD CAMPUS
SAT 01 OCTOBER—
Artists:
MATTHEW BUCKINGHAM SAT 10 DECEMBER
TUE — FRI 10AM — 5PM
GERARD BYRNE
SAT 12 — 5PM
MELVIN MOTI
FIONA PARDINGTON
ELIZABETH PRICE
AMIE SIEGEL
JUDY WATSON
Gerard Byrne, Jielemeguvvie
guvvie sjisjneli (Film inside an
Image), 2015—16.
FREE
www.festival.melbourne
www.monash.edu/muma
OPENING EVENT
SAT 08 OCT 1 — 5PM
Includes panel discussion 1 — 2.30PM
Presented in association with MUMA
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Gerard Byrne’s Jielemeguvvie guvvie sjisjneli (Film inside an Image), 2015—16 is co-commissioned by the Mead Gallery, Warwick University,
UK with Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne and Moderna Museet, Stockholm and is supported by the Monash-Warwick Alliance.