Anne McDonnell: Nourish

Saturday 30 November 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025
Anne McDonnell: Heavy, etching on Hahnemühle, 2016 | Anne McDonnell: Nourish | Saturday 30 November 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025 | GOMA Gallery of Modern Art | Image: Anne McDonnell: Heavy, etching on Hahnemühle, 2016 | black-and-white image; much of the background of the image is a very grainy, rough blackishness; as though in front of this background, appearing to walk by, is a human-plant chimera of sorts – or maybe not; the head of a figure can be interpreted out of what may be a flower pot – certainly there are leaves growing upwards out of it; the rest of the figure, if it is one, is a person moving from left to right, seen sideways on, apparently dragging something that looks somewhat like a snowball

“As we navigate the highs and lows through various relationships throughout our lives from first encounters to lasting bonds, mother, friend… self… These pieces strive to make these emotions and connections tangible through mark making in an effort to understand and record them.”

Through printmaking, I am working on plates in an intuitive manner, painting bitumen directly onto plates, each plate a compilation of marks striving to evoke these emotions. I am curious about the way we encounter each other, how can care turn to control?, and the fine lines between love and lust. The figures in my pieces help me to explore themes of tension conflict, self doubt. The figures are almost symbol like in their simplicity, uncomplicated to reinforce their idea.

Many of the pieces are layered representing us where we are, where we came from, the people we connect with. Intuitively the themes “Nourish”, and nurture introduce themselves to me, balm to salve any hurt.

Image: Anne McDonnell: Heavy, etching on Hahnemühle, 2016
Saturday 30 November 2024 – Sunday 5 January 2025
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