France-Lise McGurn CAP speaker

I loved the way Fance-Lise’s work broke the boundaries of the paper and inhabited the walls of the gallery. The drawings even grew into light through neon light sculptures. Her mark making is light and transparent. Although her subject matter is of a very different nature to mine I am inspired by the breaking of the perceived boundaries of the ‘canvas’. This is resonant of breaking the third wall in theatre. If a work breaks the boundary between the paper/canvas and the gallery wall, does that encourage the audience to think about the relationship between the image and the outside world? In the case of the images that I make, could breaking this relationship between image and environment enhance the connection between the audience and the other than human world around them?

“France-Lise McGurn is a Glasgow-based artist who predominantly works with painting to create layered installations that incorporate the gallery walls, floors and ceilings.
Working intuitively rather than through direct appropriation, McGurn uses swift brushstrokes and repeated marks to create loose associations about place and relationships, inviting viewers to conjure their own narratives. Her work has been featured in Art Now at Tate Britain, Extensa Suite, Hospitalfield, Arbroath, 2018, Virginia Woolf, an exhibition inspired by her writings 2017–18, Tate St Ives, Pallant House, Chichester, and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. France-Lise McGurn is represented by Simon lee gallery.”