/THE BODY, PERCEPTIONS, AND THE SPACES WE CREATE FOR OURSELVES
Bridey McGlynn
Material Needs 2024
September 5 - October 20, 2024
materials funded: wood panels
Crowded is the first artwork in Bridey McGlynn’s continued investigation of her own obsessive observation of herself and her body. In layering multiple images of the figure—different moments of self-perception—she creates a portrait that accurately portrays how she views the body. Fragmented and exaggerated, from both the layering and the many smaller panels making up the larger painting, the portrait weaves in and out of moments of clarity and certainty.
The process of creating Crowded encouraged McGlynn to take the initial steps towards abstraction and immersion in self-portraiture. This work has led her to further explore figurative abstraction, and her most recent work deeply embraces pure color and gesture as a means to capture the human form. Further updates on this developing work can be found on McGlynn’s Instagram, @bmstudioarts.
/ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bridey McGlynn
Bridey McGlynn is a painter and printmaker from Northborough, MA. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Syracuse University and is currently pursuing her MFA in 2D Fine Art at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. In addition to her studies, McGlynn also works as Registrar, Assistant to the Executive Director, and printmaking instructor at the Worcester Center for Crafts. Recent exhibitions featuring McGlynn’s work include the 87th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft at the Fitchburg Art Museum and Print Forward at the Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery.
@bmstudioarts // www.brideymcglynn.com
/EXHIBITED WORKS
Crowded
oil on wood panel
7.5’x 5′
2023
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