Michelle McKinney
Michelle Mckinney's art is work of elegant simplicity which, in itself, is the first of many seductions into an engagement with a complex network of tensions. The work is bedded in the clear space between opposites; the movement captured in stillness; the fragility and ephemerality of nature captured in the strength and permanence of industrial, man made materials; inexorable freedom within the clinically defined limitations of space. It is the dialogue that takes place between these polarities that engage so forcefully.
Whilst utilising symbols found in nature that have a timeless constancy, the methods and media used are innovative applications of contemporary industrial materials subtly handled so that even the closest scrutiny give almost no intimation of their origins. This play between the timeless and the immediate is at the heart of Michelle's work. However tranquil the order of the instant may seem it cannot segregate itself from the underlying chaos of nature and it is into this engagement with chaos that we are lured, so unassumingly, by the captivating simplicity of order.
Ghost Editions
“Ghost editions is a new direction for me. My woven metal artworks are re-imagined as a beautiful ghost like echo of my original pieces. They are printed on the highest quality lightly textured paper with archival inks. Each image is part of limited edition of just fifty all signed and numbered by myself.”
— Michelle McKinney
For more information about Michelle please visit her website.