Scozia e Inghilterra, l’unicorno e il leone visti da Rachel Maclean

6 Gennaio 2019

C'è tempo fino al 3 febbraio per visitare la mostra "Rachel Maclean: The Lion and The Unicorn", che nella cornice della National Gallery di Londra riunisce opere dell'artista multimediale originaria di Edimburgo. Annoverata tra le voci più acute e satiriche della scena britannica contemporanea, Maclean esplora il tema dell'identità, tra la dimensione collettiva e quella individuale, attraverso maschere elaborate, protesi grottesche e scenografie sgargianti. La mostra, in particolare, si concentra su un suo lavoro cinematografico del 2012, nel quale ha fatto luce, in modo irriverente, sulle complesse relazioni tra Scozia e Inghilterra. In Italia, in occasione della Biennale d’Arte di Venezia del 2017, l'artista si è fatta conoscere per "Spite Your Face", un mediometraggio animato nel quale il suo linguaggio, caustico e inconsueto, è diventato funzionale a una personale rielaborazione di Pinocchio.

Rachel Maclean, The Queen, 2013. Digital print on paper, Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, The Queen, 2013. Digital print on paper, Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, Freedom!, 2013. Digital print on paper. Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, Thou’ll get thy fairin’!, 2013. Digital print on paper. Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, The Baptism of Clyde, 2013. Digital print on paper. Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, It is Finished, 2013. Digital print on paper. Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, Highland Romance, 2013. Digital print on paper. Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, The Massacre, 2013. Digital print on paper. Lent by Edinburgh Printmakers. Commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, 2013 © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, The Lion and The Unicorn, 2012. Digital Film Commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers and funded by Creative Scotland. Courtesy of the Artist © Rachel Maclean
Rachel Maclean, The Lion and The Unicorn, 2012. Digital Film Commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers and funded by Creative Scotland. Courtesy of the Artist © Rachel Maclean