Medrie MacPhee: The Edge of the Alphabet
Nicholas Metivier Gallery is excited to present The Edge of the Alphabet, an exhibition of new paintings by Medrie MacPhee opening on Saturday, April 26th. This is MacPhee鈥檚 third solo exhibition at the gallery.
鈥淚n the same way that the decoding of hieroglyphics made an ancient language knowable to us 鈥� great abstract painting is another form of decoding. It speaks to some kind of fundamental relationship between our experience of the visible and the invisible dimensions of being.鈥� - Medrie MacPhee
Medrie MacPhee鈥檚 captivating new body of work, The Edge of the Alphabet, is a series of spirited and nuanced paintings on panel. Smaller in scale than previous works in this medium, they unfold like visual poems and evoke everything from musical compositions to landscapes - each work tells a unique story. MacPhee鈥檚 strong use of intuitive colour is underscored by her foundation of collaged clothing, a part of her process that quietly makes itself known over time.
MacPhee aligns these recent works with painted objects rather than traditional two-dimensional paintings because of their prominent texture and relief. In some instances, she enhances the texture by infusing paint with pumice. The uniform scale and cohesiveness of The Edge of the Alphabet, encourages a semiotic reading, like a deck of tarot cards. It extends MacPhee鈥檚 ongoing interest in 鈥渨ords as complex objects, as forms that hold within them weight, structure, memory, emotion, and association,鈥� as well as the realm beyond words that MacPhee has referred to as a 鈥渟ubterranean level of feeling.
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Nicholas Metivier Gallery is excited to present The Edge of the Alphabet, an exhibition of new paintings by Medrie MacPhee opening on Saturday, April 26th. This is MacPhee鈥檚 third solo exhibition at the gallery.
鈥淚n the same way that the decoding of hieroglyphics made an ancient language knowable to us 鈥� great abstract painting is another form of decoding. It speaks to some kind of fundamental relationship between our experience of the visible and the invisible dimensions of being.鈥� - Medrie MacPhee
Medrie MacPhee鈥檚 captivating new body of work, The Edge of the Alphabet, is a series of spirited and nuanced paintings on panel. Smaller in scale than previous works in this medium, they unfold like visual poems and evoke everything from musical compositions to landscapes - each work tells a unique story. MacPhee鈥檚 strong use of intuitive colour is underscored by her foundation of collaged clothing, a part of her process that quietly makes itself known over time.
MacPhee aligns these recent works with painted objects rather than traditional two-dimensional paintings because of their prominent texture and relief. In some instances, she enhances the texture by infusing paint with pumice. The uniform scale and cohesiveness of The Edge of the Alphabet, encourages a semiotic reading, like a deck of tarot cards. It extends MacPhee鈥檚 ongoing interest in 鈥渨ords as complex objects, as forms that hold within them weight, structure, memory, emotion, and association,鈥� as well as the realm beyond words that MacPhee has referred to as a 鈥渟ubterranean level of feeling.
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