Julie McNair
Aggregation, 2010
Clay with Mixed Media
31 x 11 x 6 in
'The aggregate surface represents the pieces that make the unique individual. No two are the same. Sometimes we feel the weight of our own uniqueness.' Over the years, Julie McNair...
"The aggregate surface represents the pieces that make the unique individual. No two are the same. Sometimes we feel the weight of our own uniqueness."
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