Preview - Jocelyn McGregor: Mantle

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Join us for the preview of Jocelyn McGregor's first major solo exhibition 'Mantle'.

Mantle is the first major solo exhibition of work by Jocelyn McGregor. McGregor’s work involves sculpture, installation and animation. Taking inspiration from folklore, surrealism and supernatural fiction, she investigates the ways in which female identity is associated with nature, the home and the machine. Nature in McGregor’s work is neither benign or simply aggressive as is sometimes the case in the sub-genre of Ecological Horror, when nature appears to take revenge on our problematic species for the damage we have done to it. Like leftovers from a dream McGregor’s works crawl and creep into the gallery, climbing over it, snaking round corners and hanging down walls. McGregor’s work might prompt us to consider the useful roles performed by bats, snails, spiders and worms in nature and how they ultimately contribute to sustaining human life. Crucially though, this close encounter with nature does not point towards an easy resolution, a simple becoming whole again, or being one with nature. The fragmented elements in McGregor’s work suggest something inconsistent and incomplete at the heart of what humans are, and of nature itself. Jocelyn Mcgregor: Mantle, was selected from proposals submitted by Castlefield Gallery Associates by guest selector Mariama Attah who is curator at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool and Castlefield Gallery Curator Matthew Pendergast. Jocelyn McGregor (b. 1989, Lincolnshire) currently lives and works in Cumbria. She studied Fine Art at the Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University (2010); and completed her MFA in Sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (2017). She was awarded the Lee Alexander McQueen: Sarabande Foundation Emerging Artist Award (2017), selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018, exhibiting in Liverpool Biennale and South London Gallery; and was Artist-in-Residence as part of the British Council SWAP UK/Ukraine Residency Programme 2019-20. Recent exhibitions include ‘Trespassers Will Be Detected’, Dnipro Centre for Contemporary Culture, Ukraine (2020); ‘Rain Wetting Thirst’, Lewisham Arthouse, London (2019); ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’, The Art Foundation, Athens, Greece (2018); and ‘Mei Yahn Yu’, Kaitak Centre (AVA), Hong Kong (2018).<a href="https://www.jocelynmcgregor.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">jocelynmcgregor.com</a>Image: Jocelyn McGregor, The Picnic. Plaster, haematite pigment (from Florence Mine), synthetic hair extensions, oil paint, varnish. Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 at South London Gallery 2018-19; photography by Andy Stagg_________________What to expect at this Late Opening event - Venue capacity will be limited and walk-ups may not be possible. We recommend that guests pre-book and attend for the time specified on their ticket. - To maintain access for all, the wearing of face coverings will be mandatory whilst indoors, unless a person is exempt for reasons related to their age, health, or disability. - Please go to the <a href="https://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/contact/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VISIT US</a> page for the most up-to-date information about visiting Castlefield Gallery.

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