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Marie Mackay

Date of birth 10.Feb.50
Place of birth Germany
Country of residence United Kingdom

Exhibitions

2008 Rustique Café Gallery, Tufnell Park, London Solo Show

2008 ’00 Nature, Contemporary Art Projects, London Group Show

2008 Torriano Meeting House, London Joint Show

2005 Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London Group Show

2004 Wembley Arts Centre, Harrow, London Solo Show

2004 Gallery in the Park, Southwark, London Group Show

2002 Torriano Meeting House, London Solo Show

2002 Tricycle Gallery, Kilburn, London Joint Show

2001 Coningsby Gallery, London Solo Show

Prizes

2004 Gallery in the Park Special Commendation

2004 Camden Health Trust Annual Exhibition 1st Prize

2002 Brent Artist Register Prize Winner

1996 Brent Artist Register 1st Prize

1996 “Future Vision” (Times Annual Photography Exhibition) Prize Winner

1970 “Hoer Zu” German Magazine Collage Competition Prize Winner

Artist Statement

Working as a freelance press photographer, I had to speedily pinpoint, shoot and transform newsworthy events into illustrative images at an alarming rate.

But sometimes slowness struck and I noticed, entranced, the beauty of intriguing textures, structures and colours that were recorded, almost by accident, in the background and in the margins of the photographic images I produced.

How wonderful it would be to take these out of context and use them for my own purposes, I thought.

When, through the generosity of a sympathetic newsagent, whole bundles of identical weekend supplements came my way I was up and running.

Collage, montage, mixed media? None of these labels quite fit the process that evolved for me. Instead I chose the name “lens based painting” for the unique practice that emerged.

The first and foremost requirement became the seamless connection of those printed photographic particles I carefully cut out. Like a wave joining them into a new identity - “emotional landscapes” – formed with a life of their own.

Other strands developed too. Some more abstract, like the “skin” pictures or the “dressing gown folds” which mysteriously transformed into flower compositions. Or “room like” interiors with a peculiar “as if” feel to them. Or the latest “Playworld” series where miniature urban, architectural and landscape elements, sourced from travel brochures and estate agent magazines, combine into multi-perspective large format “mind bending” vistas.

There are some that want to grow into 3D and others that utilise the wonderful ability of the camera lens to blur and soften.

There is seemingly no end to the possibilities waiting to be explored and I cannot wait to discover them all.

As a new development, I am currently exploring the possibility of creating limited editions that become photographic prints or light boxes. It seems a logical development as I take photographs, cut them up, realign the pieces in totally new ways and

Exhibitions Start Your Collection 2008!, 01.Aug - 20.Sep.08, Contemporary Art Projects, 00' Nature Part 2, 15.May - 14.Jun.08, Contemporary Art Projects

 

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