by catherine mccolgan
Oil on Canvas
h: 30 w: 30 d: 2 (cms).
'Blood, Sweat and Tears' is a triptych painting depicting the artist's blood, sweat and tears under a microscope. Referring to the idiom, the paintings provide a visual metaphor for the sacrifice and dedication that artworks can entail. McColgan's interpretation of the phrase is unique, leaning into the microbial perspective she utilises in her practice. By recontextualising the otherwise plain-looking samples, she abstracts them into extraterrestrial paintings that capture her bodily fluids. Sourcing the samples was a unique and peculiar experience. McColgan scraped her sweat from her brow at a gym, subjected herself to emotional distress by forcibly watching the saddest videos online and pricked her finger repeatedly with a sewing needle to collect her blood. The triptych examines aspects of modern-day dedication to an artistic practice: public embarrassment, emotional turmoil, and, at times, painful discomfort, all carried out in awkward ways.
£1000 (As exhibited.)
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by catherine mccolgan
Ink on Paper
h: 11 w: 15 d: 1 (cms).
SEM 2 is a drawing depicting the microbial form of a human cell. Through perspective, this artwork recontextualises the human form, how we recognise ourselves, and makes us conscious of the constrictions of our own senses. Through fine liner drawing, each pixel is captured, and the pointillism technique is comparable to how our own bodies function, with many small cells working in unison to create us.
£350 (As exhibited.)
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