Above: A Southborough painter’s exhibit is promoted as examining the “psychic echo” of TV characters from his childhood who “wander the landscapes of his memories long into his adulthood”. (images from gallery website and Facebook event)
Next month, five contemporary, Boston-based galleries are coming together to put on a “curated art fair” in Wayland. A Southborough painter is among the artists to be featured.
As the LaiSun Keane gallery’s contribution, Jordan McGirk’s “Power Play” exhibit will be on display. (Scroll down for more on the artist and his exhibit.)
The “Gallery Hang” will take place in a shared space in a large shopping plaza in Wayland. Admission to the art show is free.
A promo for the event describes the fair as:
Featuring emerging and established artists working in painting, photography, printmaking, and mixed media.
The exhibit will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, from noon to 5:00 pm, Saturday, June 6th through Sunday, June 21st. It will be in a building at 57 Andrew Ave in Wayland.
An evening reception is scheduled for the opening day, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm “with a special appearance by Humble Taco truck”.
A press release by the LaiSun Keane gallery promotes McGirk’s painting exhibits combining images of “Power Rangers” in nature:
In our solo presentation titled Power Play, Jordan McGirk places characters from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers within densely painted forests that at times verge on abstraction through thick impasto and layered surfaces. Drawing from the inspirations of a long running television series that shaped many millennials in the 1990s and early 2000s, McGirk examines ideas of American masculinity, cultural appropriation, camp, cosplay, and the performative nature of heroism. Through memory and nostalgia, the paintings reflect on his childhood before the presence of social media while reconsidering familiar narratives of good and evil.
Jordan McGirk is an artist working in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in painting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his MFA in Visual Art from Washington University in St. Louis. McGirk’s work explores and critiques images of Western hypermasculinity, escapism, and the failing Anthropocene.
You can learn more about the artist and see more examples from the exhibit here.
