Michael MacGarry
b.1978, South Africa
b.1978, South Africa
BIOGRAPHY
Michael MacGarry is a multi-award winning visual artist and filmmaker based in Johannesburg. He holds a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he is currently a PhD. candidate (History of Art). MacGarry is a fellow of the Gordon Institute of Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) at the University of Cape Town and a recipient of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award 2010.
Michael’s political and poetic oeuvre is realised across a diverse range of media - including sculpture, photography, installation and film. His focus is on the tension between marginalised and so-called centralised narratives; the postmodern micro and the modern macro in spaces where contemporary life is in a state of invention and flux.
Michael’s political and poetic oeuvre is realised across a diverse range of media - including sculpture, photography, installation and film. His focus is on the tension between marginalised and so-called centralised narratives; the postmodern micro and the modern macro in spaces where contemporary life is in a state of invention and flux.
SELECTED WORKS
— Available Works![Solus rex I, 2020, Urethane, turquoise, gold, steel, white concrete, enamel, 19 × 18 × 7 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/422bebc479c8a7a518825b4f07bf3edacf4f7519eebc4d0861abe276f3ab1b54/MacGarry_Solus_Rex_I.jpg)
![Skid row, 2020, Mild steel, clear coat, found object, 223 × 21 × 20 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec4440e8da94e83c49ca8c14301ba73c28fb614b6ba9959c118b978060938bfa/MacGarry_Skid_Row.jpg)
![Solus rex II, 2020, Urethane, turquoise, gold, steel, white concrete, enamel, 18 × 21 × 7 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2577adc7dde9f52bfb1cf571060f81207ff972f9d01d2b3edc06d058ca626c10/MacGarry_Solus_Rex_II.jpg)
![Gain of function, 2020, Steel, nylon, powder coat, 70 × 56 × 21 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85b87dfe3014d0ec0fc15f286e06ccd7ba56d32ef5ea67fcdf23144a7d8e987c/MacGarry_Gain_of_function.jpg)
![LUX, 2020, Chateaux Marmont keychain (brass, silk), powder coat, 23 × 21 × 20 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4efca47374401a65a2c54c6cbfca27844e9c447a2559bd744976660b641e0ca/MacGarry_LUX.jpg)
![Smokestack, 2020, Wood, steel, enamel epoxy, 35 × 44 × 7 cm](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47f218434cbee7087d8bb336a4fe28643d3119bd625ca692294c29d70ae09c15/MacGarry_Smokestack.jpg)