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Feature Artist (Feb-Mar 2020)
Conor James MacDonald

A Fragrant Addiction

A Fragrant Addiction

Conor James MacDonald is a multimedia artist living and working in the Republic of Ireland

  A Fragrant Addiction  is a new body of work where Conor slices and dissects sources found in and amongst the detritus of the studio floor

A Fragrant Addiction is a new body of work where Conor slices and dissects sources found in and amongst the detritus of the studio floor

 Working through a variety of mediums - MacDonald’s is happy to have returned to his original love of drawing

Working through a variety of mediums - MacDonald’s is happy to have returned to his original love of drawing

 while embracing the encounter of accidental images, objects and text, based in the mundane of the everyday

while embracing the encounter of accidental images, objects and text, based in the mundane of the everyday

 MacDonald is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art graduating in 2016 from the internationally renowned Sculpture & Environmental Art Department

MacDonald is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art graduating in 2016 from the internationally renowned Sculpture & Environmental Art Department

 In September 2016, MacDonald was selected by Aesthetica Magazine as one of the Top 100 International Contemporary Artists working today

In September 2016, MacDonald was selected by Aesthetica Magazine as one of the Top 100 International Contemporary Artists working today

 Conor invites the awareness of ‘not knowing’ aiming for a point of synthesis to emerge between the artist’s mind and the developing form

Conor invites the awareness of ‘not knowing’ aiming for a point of synthesis to emerge between the artist’s mind and the developing form

 at it’s core the floor of the studio is a domain ripe for cultivation, raking through seeds of thought allowing for new questions to emerge

at it’s core the floor of the studio is a domain ripe for cultivation, raking through seeds of thought allowing for new questions to emerge

 employing the techniques of Cortazar, Conor likes to work on multiple drawings simultaneously, inviting a breakdown of meaning with the intent of questioning cultural notions within a framework of art history

employing the techniques of Cortazar, Conor likes to work on multiple drawings simultaneously, inviting a breakdown of meaning with the intent of questioning cultural notions within a framework of art history

 as the history of Art is constantly in flux we must employ a process similar to the ploughing of a field, we must continue to question the role of a debatable art history

as the history of Art is constantly in flux we must employ a process similar to the ploughing of a field, we must continue to question the role of a debatable art history

 investigating reoccurring themes of human emotion, these images question  notions of life, death, love and sex

investigating reoccurring themes of human emotion, these images question notions of life, death, love and sex

 through the universal language of collage and the hand made he explores ideas of addiction and the conflicting tensions present in everyday life

through the universal language of collage and the hand made he explores ideas of addiction and the conflicting tensions present in everyday life

 influenced by the DIY aesthetic of the punk movement MacDonald looks to ape it’s inexpensive model of quick and immediate distribution through limited means… tangentially - a limited edition print run will soon be available in theMuppetPuppet online store

influenced by the DIY aesthetic of the punk movement MacDonald looks to ape it’s inexpensive model of quick and immediate distribution through limited means… tangentially - a limited edition print run will soon be available in theMuppetPuppet online store

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A Fragrant Addiction
  A Fragrant Addiction  is a new body of work where Conor slices and dissects sources found in and amongst the detritus of the studio floor
 Working through a variety of mediums - MacDonald’s is happy to have returned to his original love of drawing
 while embracing the encounter of accidental images, objects and text, based in the mundane of the everyday
 MacDonald is a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art graduating in 2016 from the internationally renowned Sculpture & Environmental Art Department
 In September 2016, MacDonald was selected by Aesthetica Magazine as one of the Top 100 International Contemporary Artists working today
 Conor invites the awareness of ‘not knowing’ aiming for a point of synthesis to emerge between the artist’s mind and the developing form
 at it’s core the floor of the studio is a domain ripe for cultivation, raking through seeds of thought allowing for new questions to emerge
 employing the techniques of Cortazar, Conor likes to work on multiple drawings simultaneously, inviting a breakdown of meaning with the intent of questioning cultural notions within a framework of art history
 as the history of Art is constantly in flux we must employ a process similar to the ploughing of a field, we must continue to question the role of a debatable art history
 investigating reoccurring themes of human emotion, these images question  notions of life, death, love and sex
 through the universal language of collage and the hand made he explores ideas of addiction and the conflicting tensions present in everyday life
 influenced by the DIY aesthetic of the punk movement MacDonald looks to ape it’s inexpensive model of quick and immediate distribution through limited means… tangentially - a limited edition print run will soon be available in theMuppetPuppet online store
Municipal TownPlan cont...
oil on wood and glass 2016-19 
www.stephen-nolan.com
#painting at #theMuppetPuppet 
#art #modernart & #contemporaryart - #wip profile for #irishpainting and modern #irishart… very post #postimpressionism and post #expressionism too - #neoexpressionism ?? I don’t know, you should ask a #curator a #contemporaryartcurator or a #contemporaryartcollector, people who can write an #artreview about #paintings or #architecture - it’s not what I do… I paint #pictures - I have old & #modernarchitecture paintings on sale @saatchiart, does that make me a #saatchiartist?? Nah, it’s the #saatchigallery for that, but if you are an #artcollector and if you are interested in #paintings of #postmodernarchitecture or #architecturepainting in general check out my #saatchionline #portfolio at www.saatchiart.com/stephen-nolan - I think that’s everything… or is there anything I forgot?? Oh yeah… #kunst
Unresolved Mountain Landscape
oil on canvas 2019 
www.stephen-nolan.com
#painting at #theMuppetPuppet 
#art #modernart & #contemporaryart - #wip profile for #irishpainting and modern #irishart… very post #postimpressionism and post #expressionism too - #neoexpressionism ?? I don’t know, you should ask a #curator a #contemporaryartcurator or a #contemporaryartcollector, people who can write an #artreview about #paintings or #architecture - it’s not what I do… I paint #pictures - I have old & #modernarchitecture paintings on sale @saatchiart, does that make me a #saatchiartist?? Nah, it’s the #saatchigallery for that, but if you are an #artcollector and if you are interested in #paintings of #postmodernarchitecture or #architecturepainting in general check out my #saatchionline #portfolio at www.saatchiart.com/stephen-nolan - I think that’s everything… or is there anything I forgot?? Oh yeah… #kunst
All the Wonders of the Modern World cont...
oil and tape on paper 2016-19 
www.stephen-nolan.com
#painting at #theMuppetPuppet 
#art #modernart & #contemporaryart - #wip profile for #irishpainting and modern #irishart… very post #postimpressionism and post #expressionism too - #neoexpressionism ?? I don’t know, you should ask a #curator a #contemporaryartcurator or a #contemporaryartcollector, people who can write an #artreview about #paintings or #architecture - it’s not what I do… I paint #pictures - I have old & #modernarchitecture paintings on sale @saatchiart, does that make me a #saatchiartist?? Nah, it’s the #saatchigallery for that, but if you are an #artcollector and if you are interested in #paintings of #postmodernarchitecture or #architecturepainting in general check out my #saatchionline #portfolio at www.saatchiart.com/stephen-nolan - I think that’s everything… or is there anything I forgot?? Oh yeah… #kunst
Idyllic Plastic Landscape cont...
oil, plastic and paper 2018-19 
www.stephen-nolan.com
#painting at #theMuppetPuppet 
#art #modernart & #contemporaryart - #wip profile for #irishpainting and modern #irishart… very post #postimpressionism and post #expressionism too - #neoexpressionism ?? I don’t know, you should ask a #curator a #contemporaryartcurator or a #contemporaryartcollector, people who can write an #artreview about #paintings or #architecture - it’s not what I do… I paint #pictures - I have old & #modernarchitecture paintings on sale @saatchiart, does that make me a #saatchiartist?? Nah, it’s the #saatchigallery for that, but if you are an #artcollector and if you are interested in #paintings of #postmodernarchitecture or #architecturepainting in general check out my #saatchionline #portfolio at www.saatchiart.com/stephen-nolan - I think that’s everything… or is there anything I forgot?? Oh yeah… #kunst

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