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The Hamilton Spectator Weekend, 1996 Artscape Interference Jeff Mahoney Gallery 435 has one of its bests shows ever on right now. Called Interference, it features work by Fiona Kinsella, William McRae and Jim Mullin. Kinsella presses ahead in her work here with the imagery that has been incubating in her art of the last year or so -- graphic imagery from medical texts and dental files, from photography of nudes from the '20s and from many other disparate sources. Kinsella shuffles these elements together in quirky, ironic collages, often obscured by a colored glazing she lays over them. I especially like the yellow mounted boxes with hair clippings laminated onto the surfaces and vague images of lungs or brains in the middle of the boxes. McRae's paintings are unique one- or two-tone treatments, in very provocative colors, which largely obscure the wooden nature of the relief elements on the canvas. Every one of these paintings features large grooved projections that look almost as though they have been punched up through the back of the canvas. The projections are actually interesting pieces of wood that have been affixed to the canvas and then painted over, making them appear to be of a piece with the canvas. It is a remarkable effect that McRae does variations on throughout his work in the show. Mullin's contributions here include an interesting abstract painting with fabric strips, depicting ducks, applied to the canvas. But his most memorable pieces here are his sculptures. One of them is built around some kind of smashed appliance which serves as a kind of armature for the piece. From that armature Mullin has projected all kinds of materials, from scraps of wood coiled to other scraps of wood, to castings of human hands, and a carving of a duck. Much of the sculpture is wrapped in cloth and the whole thing is spraypainted a kind of rusty orange. It is hard to express in words the overall impression that this makes, but it is quite a startling piece. Interference runs at Gallery 435, 435 Barton St. E., until March 30. |
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