Christina Mackie
dal 26/4/2014 al 28/6/2014
Segnalato da
26/4/2014
Christina Mackie
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
Colour drop. The artist uses color as a meaning to make intention visible, as a conceptual tool and ancient human device. Her exhibition includes large-scale sculptures, glass and ceramic works, a series of indented wooden panels, as well as an arrangement of found and natural objects.
A solo exhibition of new work by Christina Mackie, will be the London-based Canadian artist's first museum exhibition in the United States.
Mackie's work spans a range of media. Her practice is empirical, reliant on observation but prompted by personal reflection and a curiosity for the natural world. Her exhibition at the Renaissance Society will include large-scale sculptures, glass and ceramic works, a series of indented wooden panels, as well as an arrangement of found and natural objects. Central to the exhibition is color: the production and consumption of color, and the association of color and action. Mackie uses color to visualize intention, as both conceptual tool and ancient human device.
Christina Mackie (born 1956, Canada) lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions include The Judges III, Nottingham Castle Museum (2013); Painting the Weights, Chisenhale Gallery, London; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2012); Us, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne (2010); The Judges, Supportico Lopez, Berlin (2010); and Art Now Sculpture Court, Tate Britain (2007).
Founded in 1915, the Renaissance Society is a non-collecting museum of contemporary art. It is committed to supporting artists through the commissioning of new work and the production of exhibitions, publications, and interdisciplinary education programs. All programs are admission-free and open to the public.
Image: Palettes, 2013, ceramic. Courtesy of the artist. Collection of Nottingham Castle Museum.
Opening Reception Sun, Apr 27, 2014, 4:00 pm
Featuring an artist talk with Mackie and co-curators Hamza Walker and Solveig Øvstebø at 5pm in Kent Hall Room 120.
The Renaissance Society
5811 South Ellis Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637
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Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, Sunday: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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