Fiona Mackay
26 Oct - 24 Nov 2012
FIONA MACKAY
26 October - 24 November 2012
Fiona Mackay’s recent series of paintings is made with traditional batik dye and wax on very thin canvas. The restrictions of this technique (the effects of the appliance of pigments to a large extent unpredictable) challenge the artist to balance between control and letting go. On the one hand the works connect to the heydays of abstract painting (a predominantly male territory), while on the other they are clearly reminiscent of the world of textiles and folk art, usually associated with the feminine. The results, intense and luminescent, reveal an uncommon marriage of solidity and fluidity, monumentality and domesticity, the earnest and the whimsical, achieving a maximum impact with limited means.
Dominic van den Boogerd
Born 1984, Aberdeen, Scotland
Currently lives and works in Germany
26 October - 24 November 2012
Fiona Mackay’s recent series of paintings is made with traditional batik dye and wax on very thin canvas. The restrictions of this technique (the effects of the appliance of pigments to a large extent unpredictable) challenge the artist to balance between control and letting go. On the one hand the works connect to the heydays of abstract painting (a predominantly male territory), while on the other they are clearly reminiscent of the world of textiles and folk art, usually associated with the feminine. The results, intense and luminescent, reveal an uncommon marriage of solidity and fluidity, monumentality and domesticity, the earnest and the whimsical, achieving a maximum impact with limited means.
Dominic van den Boogerd
Born 1984, Aberdeen, Scotland
Currently lives and works in Germany