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Lucy McKenzie

  • Main title: Quodlibet XXXVIII
  • Article teaser test: Lucy McKenzie’s Quodlibets are literary collages of “anything”.
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      They are homages to objects that society might deem worthless, but McKenzie (b.1977) gives them attention. She has devoted her artistic research to design and industrial objects as well as posters, dress, sporting equipment and more. Her assembly of related pictures or objects on the board are carefully repainted so the viewer can hardly say from a distance if the artwork is a collage or a painting. This technique of creating illusionistic effects called trompe l’oeil (French for “deceives the eye”) is a traditional one in the history of painting. For McKenzie, the hidden, forgotten or not so popular parts of 19th and 20th century art and design history are the most precious and inspirational.
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  • Website: https://www.moma.org
  • Details title: About this piece
  • Details list:
    • List text: 2014
    • List text: Painting
    • List text: Oil on canvas on board
    • List text: 60 x 120 cm
    • List text: Acquired in 2016
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