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A must-see exhibition: Kate MccGwire is at Winchester Discovery Centre. Why not to be missed? Because Kate MccGwire has her own very special space on the art scene. Working with feathers made her very visible. And it is not only due to the material she uses, but also due to the beautiful sculptures she creates with them, that also seem to be filled with life. And, indeed, in the artistic world where taxidermy is very common, using feathers comes as a different approach. Again, there is a feeling of permanence and continuity in her works.
They are sensual and dark, occupying the entire space of the gallery. If you look closely you can see the pattern on each feather and multiplying it creates a certain fluidity of the work and if you think about the use of feathers you will understand why their purpose is linked also to beauty, not only utility. She uses magpie, pigeon, crow and jay feathers that she collects from owners of such birds, and this process only can take months.
Also, the space is important for MccGwire, she is careful to the way in which she integrates her works in a given space of in a space she creates. They either come out of an object or they might be hanged (as below, which reminds of animals that are put on wall as a trophy) or in a jar. In any case, the audience has a powerful response to the entire setting. Also, she works with the idea of otherness and the way in which we are used with certain things to be, then changes that specific order.
She questions the beauty of nature and the nature of beauty.
And if you never saw a feather from a close distance, she made an installation where the viewer can gaze through a small hole at one, whose beauty is multiplied by the kaleidoscope.