How Still My Heart, 1955 17.5 x 24 inches Cabro print 2010 |
In honor of Valentine's Day (oh, and because there is a mountain of research and tree pictures I have yet to sort through), I'm posting just a few pieces from the art of McDermott & McGough - photos and paintings - ending with a brief documentary about their work. There's lots more, of course, at their website. Somehow they manage to convey much of the conflict that is inherent in living life as a human in any era, I suppose, but especially now. They explore trees and cars, the shallow transience of love and the persistance of dreams and ideas, the lure of our modern time and the impulse to escape it, the romance of decay and decadence. Well, that's what I get out of it anyway - your thoughts welcome!
Shocked to read that Jesus Christ associated with the Poor and Humble, 1927 10 x 8 inches Cyanotype 1989 |
Good Luck-You'll Need It, 1889 244 x 183 cm Oil on linen with small white panel and string 1989 |
The Lyre Player, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1865 24 x 20 inches Salt Print 1994 |
Reflections On A Convertible Car, 1958 18 x 23 3/4 inches Cabro Print 2007 |
And high delicious revelry, 1917 23 5/8 x 17 7/8 inch Cyanotype 2010 |
Portrait of Nancy 63 x 45 inches Oil on Linen 1995/1996 |
What transcripts of my weal and woe, 1917 17 7/8 x 23 5/8 inch Cyanotype 2010 |
After All My Prayers Are Answered, 1996 60 x 48 inches Oil on Linen 2008 |
Nor through eternity grows cold, 1917 23 5/8 x 17 7/8 inch Cyanotype 2010 |
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