Trance
2018
60.0 x 60.0 cm
Postman Cheval's Ideal Palace
Kate McCgwire (1964 –)
Kate McCgwire is a UK sculptor renowned for her mesmerizing feather installations. Exploring themes of movement & transformation, her work has been collected by Charles Saatchi.
Postman Cheval's Ideal Palace (Lyon, Frankrike)
Oppdag Ferdinand Chevals «Fugl ved livets kilde», en surrealistisk detalj fra hans utrolige Ideelle Palass. Utforsk naiv arkitektur og historien bak denne unike skulpturen.
For her fanciful sculptures, Kate MccGwire patiently collects millions of feathers, which she gathers together in her studio, recovering them directly from nature or from specialist associations involved with pigeon racing. Using glue, she arranges them in the form of scales, one by one, like strokes of color on a canvas. Trance is a fascinating artwork which plays on the seductive power of feathers (that of jewelry and courtship rituals) to which she adds a certain softness (that of nests, dreamcatchers, and angel
Om dette kunstverket
- Tittel: Trance
- Kunstner: Kate McCgwire
- År: 2018
- Opprinnelige mål: 60.0 x 60.0 cm
- Opphavsrettslig status: Opphavsrettslig beskyttet
- Utstillingssted: Postman Cheval's Ideal Palace