BOTANICAL FUSION EXHIBITION: SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS
Ireland's Ambassador to Singapore, Patrick Bourne, along with Dr Nigel Taylor, the group director of Singapore Botanic Gardens invited Gerard Byrne to take up Artist-in-Residence in the Gardens from August till September 2019. A one month residency resulted in the artist's new collection of lush tropical flora en plein air paintings from Southeast Asia.
Botanical Fusion exhibition which displayed Gerard Byrne's new Singaporean collection alongside his botanical works from Ireland and London's Kew Gardens was a culmination of his residency. Curated by The Gerard Byrne Studio, co-hosted by the Singapore Botanic Gardens and the Irish Embassy in Singapore, and supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the exhibition ran for ten weeks at the People's Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens from 6th September to 10th November 2019. It was seen by over 50,000 visitors to the Gardens as part of the commemorative celebrations of the Singapore Botanic Gardens' 160 years in existence.
Phot. Gerard Byrne painting en plein air Jungle Vibes, SBG, Aug 2019
Jungle Vibes, depicting Maranta Avenue with its lush greenery, is now in the Singapore Botanic Gardens' permanent art collection.
Phot. Gerard Byrne with his painting Jungle Vibes and Dr Nigel Taylor, SBG, Oct 2019
'Gerard spent a month living and painting at the Singapore Botanic Gardens in 2019. Gerry has a way with the paints and with artfully perceiving the subjects of nature and capturing them in a stylistic way which almost gives the viewer the impression that parts of the image were motion picture.
He would often have a gathering of passers-by who would spot him painting from under the shade of a banana plant or large palm, stop and were mesmerized at how the painting continued to transform into its final state.'
Dr Nigel Taylor, Group Director, Singapore Botanic Gardens (2011 - 2019)
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Gerard Byrne, Window to Wilderness, 2019€ 12,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Green is the New Black, 2019€ 25,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Endless Summer, 2018€ 13,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Easy Living, 2018€ 13,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Lobster-claw, 2019€ 15,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Weekend Vibes, 2019€ 6,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Coco de Mer, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Time is the Enemy, 2015 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Life is A Dream, 2017 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Firecracker Heliconia, 2019€ 17,500.00
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Gerard Byrne, Victoria Water Lilies, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Ever Changing Shadows, 2018€ 12,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, The Temperate House in the Afternoon Sun, 2018€ 6,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Tropical House, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Exotic Lipstick Palms, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Pause for Harmony, 2019€ 10,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Walk Along the Swan Lake, 2019€ 2,500.00
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Gerard Byrne, Botanical Greens, 2019€ 6,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Rhapsody in Green, 2019€ 20,000.00
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Gerard Byrne, Blossoms for Breakfast, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Jungle Vibes, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Curvilinear Range in the Evening Sun, 2018€5,500.00
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Gerard Byrne, Springtime in Glasnevin, 2018 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Gardener's Corner, 2018 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, Shimmer Koi Pond, 2019 Sold
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Gerard Byrne, The Swan Lake Gazebo, 2019 Sold