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Constructing the Surface

By  Julia McKinlay 2023 - 2025

Photograph by Victoria Sharples

Constructing the Surface, 2025. Exhibited at Gloam Gallery, Sheffield

Left: Surge, 2023. Oil paint, chrome spray paint, gesso, birch ply

39 x 20.5 x 1.5 cm

Right: Obelisk, 2025. Sumi ink on Fabriano Artistico 640gsm

280 x 210 cm

Constructing the Surface brought together a curated group of work produced over the last two years. The exhibition centered around a new large scale drawing made in response to the gallery architecture. The exhibition included sculpture, drawing, print and painting. The works allow materials to interact and worlds to be constructed.  Through working with a variety of materials and processes, the exhibition explores formal sculptural questions around flatness, surface and scale.

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Armature

Contact: Mesh II

Surge

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