To 2012: Oisin Byrne.

Alongside surviving another year in academia, moving to live in Berlin, blogging, discovering foie gras and Alan Hollinghurst, 2011 brought with it several new acquaintances - both professional and personal - some of whom have become fond friends. I've known Dublin-based artist Oisin Byrne a while now but it's only quite recently I've had the enlightening experience of discovering the art behind the man. It does really seem a bit contrived writing an introduction so formal for a friend, but then great talent demands an opener at least a little emphatic.

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Without further ado, here's how 2012 is shaping up for him...

I am planning to spend a nice chunk of 2012 in NYC, where I have a project between Princeton and Cornell University. My work has been incorporating architecture both modernist and classical, so I am exploring working with architects and buildings in different ways. In particular, I am interested in beginning to collaborate in Ireland on a structure with my father, who is an architect. I am captivated by artworks which involve familial collaboration - like Venturi's "Mother's House" - or romantic collaboration, like in Diaghelev and Nijinsky's output. As much as I admire professionalism, I become captivated by projects that are unashamedly polluted by personal foibles and predilections. Polluted - dare I say it - by love. 

 On a more mundane note, I resolve to regulate my time online and on my smartphone - to spend more time in the phenomenal world.

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See more of Oisin's work here and delve a little deeper here.