Artist Statement - Barbara McGivern
McGivern aims to remind the viewer of the magic and of the dream world that surrounds us within our everyday natural environment. Communication takes place on a level beyond conversation and space is breached not by time but by a relationship with something or someone in the distance. Movement and relationships are then redefined and what is left is an uncanny affinity with what was at first a totally alien environment. The space between the painting and the viewer is then minimalized by the harmony of the image, thus allowing the viewer to make the experience totally their own.
McGivern’s aim is to create an explosion of energy, to generate an electric shock to the senses that awakens the uninhibited childlike freedom that is within us all but has perhaps been lying dormant. McGivern means to create a world that viewers recognize but at the same time take them to a re-represented world that they feel uplifted and energized by. Due to her own investigative journey into each piece, McGivern intends to allow the viewer, not only to follow her path, but to encourage them to explore individually and eventually make the piece and the narrative their own. |
Feature: Corniche Series # 1,
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