MY TECHNOLOGY, MY SELF
16th - 24th March 2024 @ Elms Window Gallery, 388 High Rd, Leyton, E10 6QE
Viewable any time
This exhibition explores the dynamics of personal spaces and the external world, where people and objects of technology coexist harmoniously or uneasily. My curiosity is drawn to the fusion between found and personal imagery, investigating their interactions.
Viewable any time
This exhibition explores the dynamics of personal spaces and the external world, where people and objects of technology coexist harmoniously or uneasily. My curiosity is drawn to the fusion between found and personal imagery, investigating their interactions.
oil on linen
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oil on linen
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oil on linen
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oil on linen
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New Exhibitions
LIMINALITY
[A FRIENDLY ABYSS]
25th- 30th August
2023
(group show)
PV
Thursday
August 24th
6-9pm
@gallery46whitechapel
46 Ashfield St,
London,
E1 2AJ.
www.gallery46.co.uk
LIMINALITY
[A FRIENDLY ABYSS]
25th- 30th August
2023
(group show)
PV
Thursday
August 24th
6-9pm
@gallery46whitechapel
46 Ashfield St,
London,
E1 2AJ.
www.gallery46.co.uk
PREVIOUS
Tower Gallery Summer Exhibition
24th June - 16th July (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 3-7pm)
Tower Gallery, 395 Barking Road, E13 8AL
24th June - 16th July (Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 3-7pm)
Tower Gallery, 395 Barking Road, E13 8AL
Newham Kaleidoscope
17-26th of June 2023
Applecart Arts
The Passmore Edwards Library, 207 Plashet Grove, London E6 1BX
Private View 16th of June 2023, 6pm
https://firestationarts.art/the-exhibition
As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2023 (L.F.A.), Populo Living - Newham’s housing developer - has teamed up with the artists from Fire Station Arts to launch Newham Kaleidoscope, a free open exhibition celebrating the burgeoning Newham art scene.
17-26th of June 2023
Applecart Arts
The Passmore Edwards Library, 207 Plashet Grove, London E6 1BX
Private View 16th of June 2023, 6pm
https://firestationarts.art/the-exhibition
As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2023 (L.F.A.), Populo Living - Newham’s housing developer - has teamed up with the artists from Fire Station Arts to launch Newham Kaleidoscope, a free open exhibition celebrating the burgeoning Newham art scene.
The Immortal Week
Live art / Installation / Sound / Painting / Performance
3 day residency at Hoxton Gallery
Wednesday -1-3 Feb 2023
Curated by
Kevin Quigley
www.hoxtongallery.co.uk
Live art / Installation / Sound / Painting / Performance
3 day residency at Hoxton Gallery
Wednesday -1-3 Feb 2023
Curated by
Kevin Quigley
www.hoxtongallery.co.uk
SAINTS OF THE MACHINE
SURGERY.GALLERY
8TH OCTOBER - 2nd December 2022
Closing Party: 2nd December 6-10pm
PRI
SURGERY.GALLERY
8TH OCTOBER - 2nd December 2022
Closing Party: 2nd December 6-10pm
PRI
PRESS RELEASE
"Ambivalent Car Part" Oil on linen © Lisa McKendrick 2022. 36 x 51cm
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"Stainless Steel Never Rusts" Oil on linen © Lisa McKendrick 2022. 36 x 51cm
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"A Darling of Technology" Oil on linen © Lisa McKendrick 2022. 36 x 51cm
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"Solid Yet Lightweight" Oil on linen © Lisa McKendrick 2022. 36 x 51cm
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"A Conjuror in Past Tense" Oil on linen © Lisa McKendrick 2022. 40 x 51cm
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When I think of car mechanics I think of greasy hands and dirty overalls. Spanners and wrenches and an array of specialist knowledge. But these paintings are not about car mechanics per se. Rather they speak of car parts on their own as specimens. Here they have given themselves a place, interacting yet ignoring, denying or ambivalent to their function. They are objects that are not created ergonomically to fit in the human hand. They are solid and heavy, made of metals and forged of steel. They exist in the air, hovering, flying or floating and are often seen in landscapes which seem distant or at times unearthly.
Here they find themselves amongst Saint-like figures. The Saints are enigmatic, masked, or alien, as is their relationship to the machines which inhabit their world. Are they items of ritual or is there something miraculous in their presence? Through ritual we come to understand, and to not understand, as if to gain a glimpse before rational thought steps in to cast a shadow of doubt. By allowing this to happen an uncanny narrative emerges thereby catching the painting when it is not looking.
The paintings may speak in terms of science-fiction or of pagan ritual and magic. Or they may speak of the formalities of painting; colour, surface, composition and mark making. Perhaps of prima materia and the alchemical process of transformation. They imply a faith in miracles and of a worship in the ethereal qualities of the Saint and a way to make things impossible seem possible.
Here they find themselves amongst Saint-like figures. The Saints are enigmatic, masked, or alien, as is their relationship to the machines which inhabit their world. Are they items of ritual or is there something miraculous in their presence? Through ritual we come to understand, and to not understand, as if to gain a glimpse before rational thought steps in to cast a shadow of doubt. By allowing this to happen an uncanny narrative emerges thereby catching the painting when it is not looking.
The paintings may speak in terms of science-fiction or of pagan ritual and magic. Or they may speak of the formalities of painting; colour, surface, composition and mark making. Perhaps of prima materia and the alchemical process of transformation. They imply a faith in miracles and of a worship in the ethereal qualities of the Saint and a way to make things impossible seem possible.
