Archived Exhibition
Michael McConnell | you can't make them stay
June 26 - July 26, 2008        
Reception:  Saturday, June 28, 2008, 3-5pm
Artist Biography

Inspired by stories that examine loneliness, responsibility, and choice, Michael McConnell explores the tensions between youth and maturity.  "I fear I have no voice.  I don't remember the details of my childhood, but long to tell my story."

At first glance, McConnell's drawings and sculptures read like fairytales with playful images of children and animals seducing the viewer into the work.  Closer observation, however, strips away the innocence and confronts the viewer with dark stories of skepticism and failure.

Michael McConnell graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. 

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Left and Leaving, 2008 (installation view)
Mixed media; Dimensions variable
Left and Leaving, 2008 (installation view)
Mixed media; Dimensions variable
Installation view
Bounded Leap Caught Untitled
bounded leaps, 2008
graphite on veneer with ribbon, 8 1/2" x 11"
Tree Trappings (caught in the middle of things), 2008, Watercolor and graphite on paper; 22" x 30", sold
Untitled [raccoon], 2008
Mixed media, 18" x 25"
Impossible to Ignore White Lace Promises here to remind you
impossible to ignore you, 2007
Mixed media, 18" x 18"
white lace promises (detail), 2008, Taxidermy and mixed media
here to remind you, 2008, Graphite and watercolor on paper; 22" x 30"
self-fulfilling tactics they come. they stay. they go.  

Motherly Instincts (Feeding the Fawn), 2008, Graphite and watercolor on paper; 30" x 22"
they come. they stay. they go., 2008, Graphite and watercolor on paper; 30" x 22"
  
 
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