Untitled

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Lucy McKenzie (B. 1977)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Lucy McKenzie Feb. 2002' (on the stretcher)
oil, graphite and printed paper collage on canvas
76 7/8 x 51 3/8in. (195.2 x 130.6cm.)
Executed in 2002

Provenance

CCA Andratx, Andratx (acquired directly from the artist).

Exhibited

Andratx, CCA Andratx, Art Foundation Mallorca Collection, 2008-2010.
Andratx, CCA Andratx, The CCA Collection 2001 – 2011. 10 Years of Residency Program, 2011-2012.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

With its life-sized presence mimicking the elegant curves of a wrought-iron gate, Untitled, 2002, testifies to Lucy McKenzie’s interest in the relationship between reality and representation, especially in regards to the design of public and social spaces. Her trompe l’oeil technique creates realistic yet surreal apparitions: the immediately recognisable decorative motif moulds into a facial silhouette in the centre of the composition, whose head is literally spelled out in rounded letters reading ‘Brain’. McKenzie’s stylised shapes recall the
visual puns of some of Magritte’s surreal work, though the collaged Scottish pound notes give Untitled a Dadaist ironic and dreamlike feel.

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