Christopher Mcginnis

My artwork is an ongoing study of America's industrial heritage and the integrated relationship between communities and established notions of progress. Motivated by utopian ideals, America's lifestyle of freedom has historically been wrapped up in the pursuit of mechanical and technological efficiency. My subsequent artwork visualizes this drive to progress and its effect on all facets of society, ranging from industry to entertainment. Iconography representing the abundance and promise of industrial modernism now evokes nostalgia for a time when American optimism was specifically manifested in large-scale construction and the industrial environment.