William Mackrell

British, born 1983

Gulp

William Mackrell (British, born 1983). Gulp, 2016. Etching in digital print mounted on aluminum panel, 28 x 35 inches (71.1 x 88.9 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Pending Acquisition Funds, 2017 (2017:10). © 2016 William Mackrell.

© William Mackrell

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© William Mackrell

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Gulp, 2016

Artwork Details

Materials

etching in digital print mounted on aluminum panel

Edition:

unique

Measurements

support: 35 7/8 x 28 3/8 inches (91.12 x 72.07 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Credit

Fellows for Life Fund, by exchange, 2017

Accession ID

2017:10

William Mackrell combines mediums to create works of art that are, as he states, “loosely pinned together by performance, beginning from the body, and specifically, how we document ourselves with a camera.” In 2014, Mackrell embarked on a series of photo-based works, called “Human Condition,” in which he plays with our perspective of the physical form. Images, such as Gulp, draw the viewer’s attention to unusual vantage points—in this case, a man’s chin and throat as seen from below. He then introduced his own body via the extension of his hand, cutting into the surface of the photograph with a needle to create a web of obsessive, undulating forms that evokes a wiry beard. Mackrell’s images are intimate studies of both the subject and the meditative, time-consuming, and repetitive actions of the artistic process.

Label from Drawing: The Beginning of Everything, July 8–October 15, 2017