Everything is Being Perfected
Neil McClelland
My current body of paintings explores tensions between utopic and
dystopic visions. I inquire into notions of human happiness and
perfectibility, the creation of Edenic paradises, disruption and
dissolution of society, alienation and consumption, nature and culture,
the monstrous and the beautiful, myth-making and storytelling. I am
especially drawn to the title of Paul Gauguin’s painting "Where Do We
Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?" as evoking crucial
questions for contemporary examination. I take imagery and inspiration
from literature and film, along with art historical, historical,
contemporary and personal sources. Drawing on an array of source
material, I create combinations and layers of digitally edited
compositions that form the basis for beginning a painting in oil.
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