Rosie McGinn UK
Rosie’s current practice approaches questions of contentment and elation alongside a fast-paced, unsatisfied and entirely visual society. The work looks at physically stretching materials to their limits; this has recently surfaced through a combination of video, installation and sculptural pieces – kinetic and static.
McGinn is fascinated with the human search for euphoria. Previously exploring this through British sport successes such as Torvill and Dean’s ‘Bolero’ or Footballer Paul Gascoigne (Gazza), McGinn has recently turned to the human obsession with flight. In her recent solo exhibition Biggus Icarus, the artist produced the soft-sculpture piece Biggus Icarus depicting Felix Baumgartner’s 2012 free fall from the stratosphere, as well as series of watercolour studies exploring ‘A history of human flight’.
Rosie McGinn graduated from Wimbledon College of Art in 2018. Recent solo shows include: Biggus Icarus, Lewisham Arthouse, London, 2021; OBLIVION, PALFREY, London, 2021; SNOB, Recent Activity, Birmingham, 2019; GET IN THERE [with OOF Magazine] Tate Exchange, London, 2019; The Boléro, Art Lacuna, London, 2019; 3 for 1, Picnic Gallery, London, 2018.