Julie McNair
Up Rooted
Clay with Mixed Media
38 x 12 x 6 in
'Uprooted overlays man with a tree. The tree is losing its leaves and soon man will have a say over the fate of the trees or humans.' Over the years,...
"Uprooted overlays man with a tree. The tree is losing its leaves and soon man will have a say over the fate of the trees or humans."
Over the years, Julie McNair mined the rich history of doll-making (which dates back 25,000 years) to make fantastical clay images that, like their cultural antecedents, make an invisible life visible: namely hers. Julie’s doll-like forms are at once ironical and allegorical, personal and universal, but always, they are magically expressive and tinged with pathos and/or humor
Over the years, Julie McNair mined the rich history of doll-making (which dates back 25,000 years) to make fantastical clay images that, like their cultural antecedents, make an invisible life visible: namely hers. Julie’s doll-like forms are at once ironical and allegorical, personal and universal, but always, they are magically expressive and tinged with pathos and/or humor