Kate MccGwire is an internationally renowned British sculptor whose
practice revolves around the uncanny. Employing natural materials
and in particular, feathers, MccGwire creates arresting, sensuous,
otherworldly sculptures and site-specific works, exploring ideas
relating to Sigmund Freud's notion of the 'unhomely' and often
rendering the familiar strange and disturbing. This major monograph
features works spanning her career, from the unsettling fabric and
clothing works of the turn of the millennium through to the
fantastical site-specific installation and interventions of her
solo exhibition in 2020 at Harewood House. In her essay for the
publication, independent curator and writer Jane Neal explores
themes of childhood and family, nature and the body, physics and
metaphysics, opening up connections between MccGwire's works and
myths, legends and belief systems across time and cultures. The
second essay, by Dr Catriona McAra, an art historian and Curator at
Leeds Arts University, explores MccGwire's oeuvre in relation to
the history of soft sculpture, abstraction and surrealism. Lavishly
illustrated with around 140 images, the publication has been edited
by independent curator and writer Mark Sanders and designed and
produced by Peter B. Willberg. It is published by Anomie
Publishing, London. Kate MccGwire (b.1964, Norfolk, UK), undertook
a BA in Fine Art at University College for the Creative Arts,
Farnham, before completing an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College
of Art, London. Solo exhibitions include 'Menagerie', Harewood
House, Leeds (2020); 'Dichotomy', The Harley Gallery, Welbeck, UK
(2018); 'Sasse/Sluice', Aldeburgh Festival, UK (2018); 'Secrete',
Galerie Huit, Hong Kong (2016); 'Scissure', La Galerie
Particuliere, Paris (2016); and 'Covert', Musee de la Chasse et de
la Nature, Paris (2014). She has featured in group exhibitions at
venues including the Fondazione Berengo, Murano, Italy;
Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; Guerlain House, Paris;
Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland; Anton Ulrich Museum,
Braunschweig, Germany; the Museum of Arts & Design, New York;
and the Contemporary Art Society, London. In 2018 she was the
winner of The Royal Academy of Arts, Jack Goldhill Award for
Sculpture.
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