Gerard Byrne

In Samuel Beckett’s one-act play Krapp’s Last Tape, the curtain rises to the mise-en-scène: ‘a late evening in the future’. For his exhibition of the same name, Irish artist Gerard Byrne employs a similar sense of drama: transforming ACCA into a theatre...

Throughout his varied practice, Byrne has explored historical ideas, conversations and sites in order to consider their contemporary relevance and to blur distinctions between past and future, myth and reality. The first major survey of the artist’s work in Australia, Gerard Byrne: A late evening in the future builds on this interest in collective history and dramatic reconstruction, employing the device of a playback system to convulsively shuttle and scroll through moments of memory and cultural amnesia.

Centre for Contemporary Art alongside a major survey of works by internationally renowned Irish artist Gerard Byrne, A late evening in the future. - Doors and bar open 6pm - Beatbox Kitchen flipping burgers...

A keynote lecture by Gerard Byrne coinciding with his exhibition A late evening in the future.

Heat. ‘Tyrannamen’ the LP is one of the best local releases of 2016 and the band has swiftly built a reputation as a raucous live event. See Tyrannamen play at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art alongside a major survey of work by internationally renowned Irish artist Gerard Byrne...

Join renowned Irish artist Gerard Byrne for a special conversation exploring his exhibition A late evening in the future with curator Annika Kristensen.

...evening in the future’. For his exhibition of the same name, Irish artist Gerard Byrne employs a similar sense of drama: transforming ACCA into a theatre, and implicating the audience within an intricate, multi-sensory network of lights, flickering TV monitors, video projections and sculptural...

...evening in the future’. For his exhibition of the same name, Irish artist Gerard Byrne employs a similar sense of drama: transforming ACCA into a theatre, and implicating the audience within an intricate, multi-sensory network of lights, flickering TV monitors, video projections and sculptural...

Greater Together (2017); Claire Lambe: Mother Holding Something Horrific (with Max Delany, 2017); Gerard Byrne: A late evening in the future (2016); NEW16 (2016); Painting. More Painting (with Max Delany and Hannah Mathews, 2016); and The Biography...

...by influential artists currently presenting works on the world-stage, the ACCA International series has previously presented survey exhibitions by internationally-renowned artists such as Kader Attia, Gerard Byrne, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Ryan Gander, Douglas Gordon, Jenny Holzer, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara...