Madeline Macneil
Like Some Dumb Homosapien
Performance
2021
Acrylic on Raw Canvas, Typewriter, Rats' Nest, Baseboards, Vintage Storybook.
The framed ‘transitional objects’(Winnicott,1971),the typewriter, rats nest, baseboards, vintage storybook, act as thematic signifiers that were organically scavenged for the installation. The painting acts as a tapestry of consciousness meant to resemble a domestic artifact; a personable entity in the painting's nature of accumulation. The canvas exists as a malleable domestic artifact like a bandage, blanket, or apron—one that is vulnerable with its ability to achieve damage or wear and tear.
“The family unit provides you a vesselwithin yourself to survive the verylimits of possibility sufficein the never-ending parallelsfestered in the illusionaryalienatedcreat-ure ofthehead”
Work by
Madeline Macneil
multidisciplinary
“This accumulative series of drawings, paintings, and performance encased in a rural barn, acts as a physical platform for personable associations to materialize. The installation is a malleable safe...” [More]