In Plain Sight: Gerard Byrne Gallery | Trinity St, Dublin
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." — Marcel Proust
This new presentation of Gerard Byrne's work brings together paintings from across his practice, creating fresh dialogues between subjects, places, and periods. Monumental seascapes sit alongside intimate studies. Figures emerge from luminous compositions. Sunlit cityscapes, coastal horizons, still lifes, and plein-air observations reveal the breadth of an artist whose work has been shaped by a lifelong engagement with the world around him.
Byrne's paintings are rooted in observation, but they are never simply records of what is seen. Light, atmosphere, memory, and emotion converge on the canvas, transforming everyday encounters into something more enduring.
His work asks us to consider not only what we are looking at, but how we look. Moving between direct observation and imaginative reconstruction, Byrne continually expands the possibilities of what painting can hold.
Together, these works reflect an artist continually engaged in the pursuit of presence: capturing not merely a place, but a moment.
Free Admission. All welcome.
