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Email PageFirth MacMillan 2008
January 8, 2008- February 2, 2008
Reception: January 17, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Firth MacMillan
Charles Cowles Gallery
537 W 24th St Firth MacMillan Installation View |
MacMillan amasses intimate and monumental parts into pictorial and abstract compositions. Although hung on the wall much like paintings or photographs these ‘images’ surpass the illusion of the two-dimensional and confront the viewer with their unequivocal presence. Contrasts in the elements reverberate, serving to amplify each; the subtle buds assert the boldness of grass, abstracted shapes articulate the specificity of minute detail, and a permanent material captures a moment that is temporal.
MacMillan handles her material, clay, with directness and a physicality that demonstrates a sense of both authority and discovery. Her voluminous objects allude to the floral and the flesh and mimic nature’s ability to create infinite forms from a few basic elements.
Firth MacMillan received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Hixson-Lied and Johnson fellowships and a Canada Council Grant. Her work has exhibited internationally including the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and San Bao International in China. She lives in New York where she is currently an artist-in-residence at Hunter College.
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