Post Truth

George Byrnes photography depicts the gritty urbanism of Los Angeles in sublime otherworldliness. Arriving a decade ago, the Australian artist was immediately enthralled by the sprawling cityscape of L.A., mesmerised by the way the sunlight transformed it, into two-dimensional, almost painterly abstractions. In his Post Truth series (201522), Byrne reassembles his photos of the urban landscape into striking, ascetic collages of colour and geometric fragments, creating a postmodernist oasis in the metropolis. By masterfully harnessing the malleability of the photographic medium, the photographer situates his work in the space between real and imagined. Byrnes compositions evoke associations with Miami Beachs Art Deco, the Memphis Groups designs, as well as the painting of David Hockney or Ed Ruscha, and at the same time tap into the aesthetics of todays visual culture played out on Instagram.