Todd McKie: Suitable For Framing
On View: May 6 – 28, 2022
Reception: Friday, May 6, 6 – 8pm
McKie’s mostly solitary figures, reflecting his interest in tribal art and elemental forms, are anything but straightforward. Some, just outlines of a figure, appear drawn by a children’s hand. The lines are irregular and meander and often looked scrubbed or scratched out. That’s part of the works’ charm. In fact, however, the scenes are laboriously developed and calculated and reward prolonged engagement.
Todd Mckie
Admired by peers, collectors, and curators for his painterly invention and wit, McKie's work is, in fact often less understandable than it seems at first blush. Enveloped in a risible atmosphere of absurd predicament, the dilemmas of McKie's protagonists resist straightforward interpretation.
Avidly collected, McKie's works are held in many private and corporate collections and in the public collections of major museums throughout the region.
artist’s biography
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