Kristen McClarty: New Works
2026年9月7日 - 10月31日

  • KRISTEN MCCLARTY IS A SOUTH AFRICAN PRINTMAKER BASED IN CAPE TOWN. MCCLARTY WORKS PRIMARILY IN WOODCUT. HER PRACTICE INVOLVES THE METHODICAL BUILDING UP OF INFORMATION ON A SURFACE THROUGH THE ACT OF REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A SUBSTRATE.

    CENTRAL TO HER CURRENT PRACTICE IS A PARTICULAR PLACE ALONG THE SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN SHORELINE, WHICH MCCLARTY HAS CALLED THE YELLOW ROCK FORT. AS THE SUN BURSTS OVER SLANGKOP MOUNTAIN, THE SPOTLIT YELLOW ROCK FORT BECOMES A THEATRE — A SPACE FOR MCCLARTY TO PLAY WITH SHADOW: FORMS TENUOUSLY UNTETHERED FROM A BODY AND ALTERED BY THE SHAPE AND CONTOURS OF THE ROCKS.

  • MCCLARTY’S PRACTICE DRAWS ON THE IDEA THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE LINGERS IN A PLACE AS RESIDUAL ENERGY, POOLING OR MOUNTING UP...

    MCCLARTY’S PRACTICE DRAWS ON THE IDEA THAT LIVED EXPERIENCE LINGERS IN A PLACE AS RESIDUAL ENERGY, POOLING OR MOUNTING UP AS A PALIMPSEST ON THE ENVIRONMENT. ACUTELY AWARE OF HOW SURFACES TRANSLATE INTO PRINT, SHE ATTEMPTS TO READ THE MARKS OF THIS RESIDUAL ENERGY FROM THE WORLD AROUND HER. WHILE MCCLARTY TRANSLATES SOME OF THESE MARKS INTO WOODCUT, SHE HAS RECENTLY EXTENDED HER PROCESS AND PRACTICE INTO SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION, ENGAGING WITH THESE IDEAS MATERIALLY.

    IN HER LATEST BODY OF WORK, WE ENCOUNTER MOMENTS DRAWN FROM MCCLARTY’S INTERACTION WITH THIS PARTICULAR PLACE, RENDERED THROUGH HAND-CARVED AND PRINTED WOODCUT. MCCLARTY CONTINUES TO WORK ON JAPANESE ASARAKUSUI HEMP LACE, A MATERIAL THAT HAS BECOME SYNONYMOUS WITH HER LARGE-FORMAT WOODCUTS.

    MCCLARTY IS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN COLLECTIVE THE PRINTING GIRLS AND WAS ELECTED TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PRINTMAKERS (UK) IN 2025. SHE EXHIBITS WIDELY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UK, AND HER WORK IS HELD IN PRIVATE AND INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WORLDWIDE.

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