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Alastair MacKinven

British artist (–)

Alastair MacKinven ( – January ) was a British visual artist based in London working on figurative painting and portraiture, film, and performance.[1][2] He was a lecturer in painting at the University College of London's Slade School of Art and professor of the Figurative Painting Class in the Viennese Academy of Fine Art until his death in [3] He held a BFA from Alberta College of Art, Calgary, in Canada (); and an MFA from Goldsmiths College, London ().[4]

Life and career

Alastair MacKinven's paintings touch on figuration, mythology, the physical and natural worlds depicting ethereal color combinations to present human and non human bodies and objects.[5][6]

His first performance film work, All the Things You Could Be by Now If Robert Smithson's Wife Was Your Mother, which depicted the artist in nude, was exhibited in London in [7][8]

In , his solo show Alastair MacKinven at ICA London paid homage to Dutch designer and illustrator M.

C. Escher.[9] His performance Cut Off My Hand to Spite My Cock, in which he glued his own hand to the gallery floor, was too shown in at Camden Art Centre, London.[7]

In MacKinven started working on the Abstract Capitalist Realism painting series and body of work about dualisms such as life and death, happiness and sadness, among others.[7][10][11]

In the summer of , his work was featured in the cover and content of Frontrunner, an arts journal edited by art critic Shana Beth Mason.[10]

MacKinven's work was on view in Room by Room: Concepts, Themes, and Artists in the Rachofsky Collection, presented in at Warehouse Dallas.[12] His work is included in the collection of Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.

On 8 January , it was announced that MacKinven had died following a long illness.

Alastair mackinven biography books free: For these works, Mackinven prepared his canvases with oxidised iron powder, creating a sense that their almost-luminescent surface was gradually rusting and degrading, and lending them a porous quality akin to the dry-powder pigment used in frescoes. Skip to content. Their obsolescence and emptiness exudes the disquiet of lingering power. Your message was sent and one of our Admin team will respond as soon as possible.

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References

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  3. ^"Slade School of Fine Art - Mackinven". Slade School of Fine Art. Retrieved 3 May
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  9. ^Block, Louis (9 March ). "Alastair MacKinven: Dlnrg [oeeey]". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 3 May
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  19. ^"The Warehouse Dallas | Alastair Mackinven". The Warehouse Dallas. Retrieved 3 May
  20. ^"Alastair Mackinven Has Died, Aged 53".

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  21. ^"It is with huge respect and sadness that we announce the passing, after a long illness, of Alastair Mackinven artist, painter, musician, writer, teacher and wonderful person who will be greatly missed by all who knew and appreciated him and his work". Maureen Paley on Instagram.

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