Lucy McKenzie “Season Seven”
The Artist's Institute
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The seventh season of The Art- ist’s Institute is dedicated to Lucy McKenzie (b. 1977), a figure whose work, quite fittingly, plays with both terms—artist and institute. For McKenzie, inhabiting a particular genre or style, be it of painting, fash- ion, or literature, is an occasion to test the boundaries of artistic work and play with the armature of how an artist is produced.
McKenzie makes works drawn from the artistic milieu of the cities and social circles she inhabits. Early paintings appropriated the language of 1970s Scottish Muralism, while more recent projects have recon- structed famed domestic interiors by employing faux finishing techniques. McKenzie has also founded a record label, a bar, a fashion line, and is cur- rently experimenting with the field of crime fiction. Each of these forms enables her to construct a world on her own terms, while avidly celebrat- ing and supporting the artistic pur- suits of those close to her.
In this new season, we dedi- cate ourselves not only to McKenzie, but to the coterie of friends and col- laborators she brings with her, and to the friends and fellows that have been carrying artists’ conversations forward at The Artist’s Institute over the past three years. As always, stop by if you’re in the neighborhood.
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from September 20, 2013 to February 02, 2014