McDermott & McGough "Because of Him"

Cheim & Read

poster for McDermott & McGough "Because of Him"

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Cheim & Read is pleased to announce an exhibition of painting and sculpture by the collaborative duo McDermott & McGough. Their last show with Cheim & Read was in 2006. A full-color catalogue accompanies the exhibition, with an essay by Wayne Koestenbaum.
The new exhibition includes several photo-realist paintings of carefully selected movie scenes in which a dramatically framed actress is central. The paintings are composed of two separate scenes from different movies, one black-and-white and one color, stacked horizontally so that one scene seems to bear weight upon the other and a new relationship or narrative is formed. The strong female protagonist of each frame conveys the scenes' emotional impact, and the inevitable nostalgia of McDermott & McGough's selected imagery lends a sense of cool introspection.

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from March 21, 2008 to April 26, 2008

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