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Titre(s) : Kate MccGwire [Texte imprimé] / edited by Mark Sanders
Publication : London : Anomie publishing, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (200 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 32 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Kate MccGwire is an internationally renowned British sculptor whose practice probes
the beauty of the uncanny. In creating arresting, sensuous, otherworldly sculptures,
she explores ideas relating to Sigmund Freud's notion of the unheimliche or unhomely,
rendering the familiar strange and disturbing, often triggering a visceral response
in the viewer. Growing up on the Norfolk Broads, MccGwire was fascinated by birds
and the natural world from an early age, with avian subjects becoming a recurring
theme in her artwork. Employing natural materials and in particular, feathers, MccGwire
creates freestanding sculptures and site-specific works, her forms evolving intuitively
and subconsciously based on subtle patterns or details within her chosen materials.
This major monograph features works spanning her career, from the unsettling fabric
and clothing works of the turn of the millennium through to the fantastical site-specific
installation and interventions of her solo exhibition in 2020 at Harewood House. In
the first essay commissioned for the publication, independent curator and writer Jane
Neal explores themes of childhood and family, nature and the body, physics and metaphysics,
opening up connections between MccGwire's works and myths, legends and belief systems
across time and cultures. The second essay, by Dr Catriona McAra, an art historian
and Curator at Leeds Arts University, explores MccGwire's oeuvre in relation to the
history of soft sculpture, abstraction and surrealism, especially with regard to feminist
histories and to notions of counter-modernism. She asserts: The grotesque and the
uncanny have sustained a significant hold over MccGwire's creative imagination, with
interlocking thought-forms and otherworldly beings dominating her oeuvre."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Sanders, Mark (1969-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : MccGwire, Kate (1964-....)
Indice(s) Dewey :
730.92 (23e éd.) = Sculpture et arts connexes - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1910221252. - ISBN 9781910221259 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46806348z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46806348
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