# Bryan McCormack

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Not to be confused with [Brian McCormack](/source/Brian_McCormack).

**Bryan McCormack** (born in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), 15 September 1972), is a [contemporary artist](/source/Contemporary_art) who creates social concept sculptures and installations. McCormack has completed over 30 group and solo art exhibitions. He lives and works in [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France).[1]

## Biography

### Early life

McCormack was born in [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland). After his initial studies, Bryan McCormack left Ireland to travel, and several of his works were exhibited in Europe in the early 2000s, at the start of his career.

### Career

In 2003 and 2004, McCormack exhibited the piece the piece *Who Are The Heroes,* an installation about the devastation caused by military action at the [Castello di Castagneto Po](/source/Castello_di_Castagneto_Po) Foundation near [Turin](/source/Turin), Italy. He also exhibited *Unleashing The Design of Imponderable Immortality on the Misguided, Servile Burgeoise,* an installation that focused on the economic divide between social classes.[2] In 2005, Bryan McCormack exhibited at the [Empire Gallery](/source/Empire_Gallery) in [London](/source/London), *Intimate Whisperings While the Words Break Down* which investigated mental illness in today's society. The same year, he also exhibited at the [Galerie Colbert](/source/Galerie_Colbert) in Paris *The Diaries of John Doe (3)* which focused on themes of loneliness and solitude.[2] In 2006, the [Christian Colas Gallery](/source/Christian_Colas_Gallery) in Paris hosted the installation *See Nothing, Hear Nothing, No Nothing* which looked at economic and social themes linked to apathy.[2]

By the 2010s, he had a number of permanently installed pieces as well as public sculptures, such as *When Joris Ivens meets Hraesvelgr*, focused on ecological politics in developed society. McCormack created it as a tribute to the film "Pour le Mistral" (1966), by the [Dutch filmmaker](/source/Dutch_film) [Joris Ivens](/source/Joris_Ivens). The sculpture was permanently installed at the [Parc de Saint-Cloud](/source/Parc_de_Saint-Cloud) in Paris.[3][4][5][6] McCormack's 2011 installation *Preservation is Life – The Sounds of my Life* explored the practices of safe sex and the political ramifications of contemporary sexuality.[7][8] The work consisted of 80,000 condoms and was installed over the six floors of the [Centre Pompidou](/source/Centre_Pompidou) in Paris.[9][10][11]

His works often focus on [social justice](/source/Social_justice) and the [urban environment](/source/Urban_environment). *Chromo Zone Y* was a 2012 performance installation that questioned poverty and its consequences and was produced by RainDogs Theatre Company at the Theatre of [Menilmontant](/source/M%C3%A9nilmontant), Paris.[12] Likewise, his 2014 piece *Van'Heart* was a day shelter people without permanent housing. McCormack worked with students at the College [Marx Dormoy](/source/Marx_Dormoy) in Paris in creating the temporary refuge.[13] In collaboration with the [City Hall of Paris](/source/H%C3%B4tel_de_Ville,_Paris) he worked on UPP Urban ProjectParis, a research project looking at the production of new forms of urban installations.

Between 2016 and 2017, McCormack worked on the project [Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow](/source/Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow) for the Venice Biennale 2017 which gave voice to the [2015 European migrant crisis](/source/2015_European_migrant_crisis) by having participants from refugee backgrounds create 3 drawings, one of their life before *(Yesterday)*, one of their current life *(Today)* and one of their imagined future *(Tomorrow)*.[14][15][16][17][18]

## References

1. ["L'art sans les manières"](http://www.letelegramme.fr/ig/generales/regions/bretagne/bryan-mccormack-l-art-sans-les-manieres-31-03-2013-2053638.php). 31 March 2013.

1. ["Bryan Mc Cormack – See nothing, hear nothing, know nothing – du 28 février au 18 mars 2006"](http://www.art11.com/artistes/zoom_sur/colas/)

1. ["When Joris Ivens meets Hraesvelgr"](https://www.cnap.fr/collection-en-ligne#/artwork/140000000084215). [CNAP](/source/Centre_national_des_arts_plastiques). Retrieved 15 July 2022.

1. ["When Joris Ivens meets Hraesvelgr à Saint-Cloud"](https://petit-patrimoine.com/fiche-petit-patrimoine.php?id_pp=92064_3). *Petit-patrimoine.com*. petit-patrimoine.

1. ["Le CMN inaugure une installation de l'artiste Bryan Mc Cormack"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141129201624/http://www.monuments-nationaux.fr/fr/actualites/a-la-une/bdd/actu/522). Archived from [the original](http://www.monuments-nationaux.fr/fr/actualites/a-la-une/bdd/actu/522) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

1. ["La renaissance du domaine de Saint-Cloud va commencer"](http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/la-renaissance-du-domaine-de-saint-cloud-va-commencer-28-06-2010-980093.php#xtref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2F)

1. ["艺术家用安全套装饰艺术中心"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150102212107/http://www.artsbj.com/Html/news/zhzxzx/ms/137231.html) [Artists decorate art centers with condoms] (in Chinese). *Arts Beijing*. Archived from [the original](http://www.artsbj.com/Html/news/zhzxzx/ms/137231.html) on 2 January 2015.

1. ["艺术家用安全套装饰艺术中心(图)"](http://huadong.artron.net/20111130/n205590.html) [Artist decorates art centre with condoms (Photos)] (in Chinese). *Artron.net*. 30 November 2011.

1. Truffet, Camille (24 November 2011). ["80 000 préservatifs à Beaubourg"](https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/80-000-preservatifs-a-beaubourg-24-11-2011-1736183.php). *[Le Parisien](/source/Le_Parisien)*. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

1. ["Bryan McCormack"](https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/c5eeKG8/ro4pzk9). *centrepompidou.fr*. [Centre Pompidou](/source/Centre_Pompidou). Retrieved 25 April 2026.

1. Loret, Eric (25 November 2011). ["Le centre Pompidou capote"](https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2011/11/25/le-centre-pompidou-capote_777264/). *[Libération](/source/Lib%C3%A9ration)*. Retrieved 25 April 2026.

1. ["bryan mc cormack"](http://www.billetreduc.com/spectacle-bryan-mc-cormack.htm). *billetreduc.com*. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

1. ["Des collégiens invitent des artistes dans leur camion pour le (...) – ActuaBD"](http://www.actuabd.com/+Des-collegiens-invitent-des+). *actuabd.com*. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

1. ["UN 2017 ALL'INSEGNA DELL'ARTE CONTEMPORANEA PER LA FONDAZIONE GIORGIO CINI"](http://www.arte.it/calendario-arte/venezia/mostra-un-2017-all-insegna-dell-arte-contemporanea-per-la-fondazione-giorgio-cini-34463)

1. ["Approvato il programma degli eventi per il 2017 dal Consiglio Generale della Fondazione Giorgio Cini."](http://www.cini.it/events/approvato-programma-degli-eventi-2017-dal-consiglio-generale-della-fondazione-giorgio-cini). *cini.it*

1. Redazione. ["Roma. Villa Medici, gli appuntamenti di giovedì 3 novembre"](http://www.artemagazine.it/appuntamenti/item/2721-roma-villa-medici-gli-appuntamenti-di-giovedi-3-novembre). *artemagazine.it*

1. ["'Il ruolo dell'arte contemporanea nella crisi dei rifugiati', un incontro a Villa Medici con Bryan McCormack"](http://www.adnkronos.com/cultura/2016/10/31/ruolo-dell-arte-contemporanea-nella-crisi-dei-rifugiati-incontro-villa-medici-con-bryan-mccormack_Oq20VMb0qII1UHLIFSAMLK.html). *adnkronos.com/.../ruolo-dell-arte-contemporanea-nella-crisi*. 16 December 2020.

1. ["Les Jeudis de la Villa - 3 novembre"](http://www.villamedici.it/fr/programme-culturel/les-jeudis-de-la-villa/2016/11/les-jeudis-de-la-villa-3-novembre/). *www.villamedici.it*

## External links

- ["Bryan McCormack – Official Website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20020802183458/http://www.bryanmccormack.com/). *bryanmccormack.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.bryanmccormack.com/) on 2 August 2002.

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