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At the heart of Rachel Maclean’s multimedia practice are virtual realities, deepfakes, photography and film techniques, which she uses to bring garish, fantastical narratives to life. The artist develops satirical social parodies derived from politics and pop culture that address topics such as digitalization, social media, gender and capitalism. Opulent and extraordinarily staged, Maclean creates immersive environments and kitschy-grotesque paintings that increasingly blur the boundaries between two-dimensionality and fictional as well as real space.The centerpiece of the exhibition Mama Mimi Duck is Maclean’s new body of work Mama, consisting of large-scale digital paintings embedded in a lavish landscape of curtains. Mama highlights the confusing and surreal experience of new motherhood. In addition, the artist presents her first fully animated film upside mimi ᴉɯᴉɯ uʍop, which addresses the pressure that social media exerts, especially on young people. In a further video work titled DUCK, Maclean employs deepfakes to deal with current trends such as reporting by unverified sources. Striking two-dimensional works extend the virtual worlds of the videos into the real space.
Artist(s): Maclean R
Publication type: Exhibition
Publication status: Published
Year: 2024
Venue: Kunsthallle Giessen
Location: Giessen, Germany
URL: https://kunsthalle-giessen.de/en/2024_maclean_en/
Notes: Curated by Dr. Nadia Ismail.
