Gerard Byrne
invited by Rachael Thomas

photo: Blaise Adilon		photo: Blaise Adilon

«In Repertory», 2006
Installation avec accessoires de théâtre, vidéo
Dimensions variable
Courtesy de l'artiste

Remerciements particuliers:
- Archives Municipales de Lyon
- Théâtre des Célestins (Claudia Stavisky et Chantal Kirchner)
- Opéra de Lyon

Avec le soutien de Sikkens Vachon

GERARD BYRNE
born 1969 in Dublin, where he lives and works
Gerard Byrne begins with a range of material – advertisements, articles, magazines, plays and films – which he then transforms into new images, installations or videos that explore the codes and social conventions of popular culture.

RACHAEL THOMAS
born 1973 in Wales lives and works in Dublin
Senior Curator at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, where she has organised exhibitions by Eleanor Antin, Thomas Ruff, Karen Kilimnik or Margherita Manzelli, Rachael Thomas is also the author of monographs on Pierre Huyghe, Sophie Calle, Alex Katz and Paul Morrison.