Conor McGrady
dal 17/10/2007 al 20/11/2007
Segnalato da
17/10/2007
Conor McGrady
M.Y. Art Prospects, New York
New Arcadia. Recent paintings and drawings. These depictions of urban and rural terrain, often featuring uniformed individuals, are a testimony to McGrady's ongoing investigation into how power manifests itself in the symbols and iconography employed by individuals and nation states.
New Arcadia
M.Y. ART PROSPECTS is pleased to present New Arcadia by Conor McGrady, opening Thursday, October 18 and continuing through Wednesday, November 21, 2007.
Five years after his participation in the 2002 Whitney Biennial, this solo exhibition of Conor McGrady's work focuses on his recent paintings and drawings. These depictions of urban and rural terrain, often featuring uniformed individuals, are a testimony to McGrady's ongoing investigation into how power manifests itself in the symbols and iconography employed by individuals and nation states.
McGrady grew up in Northern Ireland during the height of the region's recent conflict. Although politics there have evolved, the experience of living in a war zone is still vivid in McGrady's memories.
McGrady's work raises questions relating to the control of personal space and national boundaries. His rural landscapes examine the tension implicit in areas that represent the archetypal romantic idyll and yet contain hidden threats. In the drawings of urban areas, neo-classical architecture conjures up a sense of imagined order and permanence. The impersonal and often uniformed subjects of his figurative compositions explore individual and collective psychology in situations of social instability.
All of the works are executed in black-and-white, but grays take the works in a different direction. "They bleed off the solid black lines, suggesting impermanence." McGrady comments, implying that the power/social structures in our society are both solid and yet impermanent.
Conor McGrady lives and works in New York City. He earned an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998. Besides being exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, his work has been shown in a number of US and European institutions including White Columns and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Reception, Thursday, October 18 , 6-8PM
M.Y. Art Prospects
547 West 27th Street - New York
Free admission