In this episode Ciarán meets visual artist Gerard Byrne who teaches at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, and the conversation rambles from Brecht to Beckett and Kasper Kö

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They chat about Gerard not being a natural Germano-phile, but perhaps still with an early appreciation for Kraftwerk, as general left-field entity, but he does understand Germany as having a central role in the development of contemporary arts in the 20th Century. They wonder at the fact that visual art enjoys a more prominent place in Germany than in Ireland and the various socio-political reasons behind that, and Dokumenta in Kassel as a celebration of the importance of art in Germany, where even the taxi drivers want to talk about that.

Celebration of https://beuys2021.de/en/homepage” target=”_blank”>Joseph Beuys – Post-War Germany’s most important www.staedelmuseum.de/en/exhibitions/stadels-beckmann-beckmanns-stadel%20And%20Beckmann%20at%20the%20Frankfurt-Main-Station:%20%20https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/frankfurt-main-station” target=”_blank”>Here’s a painting from the museum collection he really http://wochenmarkt-muenster.de/” target=”_blank”>Wochenmarkt Münster: Der Film

https://www.documenta.de/” target=”_blank”>Dokumenta is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in https://kerlingallery-viewingroom.exhibit-e.art/viewing-room/gerard-byrne-beasts#tab:slideshow” target=”_blank”>Kerlin Gallery.