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Et Tu ManKind Print
United Kingdom
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About The Artwork
Et Tu ManKind A PORTRAIT BY JOHN MCDONALD Et Tu ManKind depicts a female as the Christ figure in a crucifixion which calls out the suffering of the planet, as well as insisting that #metoo simply does not go far enough. “The greatest influence of my painting practice goes right back to my childhood in Glasgow. Like many Glasgow children in the 60s and 70s, Kelvingrove Museum and gardens became a playground. But more than that: it was seeing the image of Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali, that planted the seed for a love of art, and, with its dynamic perspective and monumental scale, awakened the soul of this deaf kid from Drumchapel. When I first picked up a piece of charcoal as an adult and started to draw, it was a version of Dali’s Christ of St John that I created. I have now created 6 paintings which directly or indirectly reference Dali’s work, and the figure of the crucifixion. I do not love religion, but I have a very significant love for the icon, or the ‘art’ depicting Jesus on the cross, whether it is painting, sculpture, jewellery, or religious items. I am blown away by the beauty of this thing, the dichotomy of this beauty existing in an image- which is in fact a brutal public murder. It begged so many questions for me as a child, which cannot be understood without an understanding of protestant/catholic sectarianism I grew up with in Glasgow. My work which uses and repeats this image of the cross is steeped in a child’s rebellious reaction to sectarianism; the wake-up call of being so deeply affected by an image, that I’m not meant to look at, an image that belongs to Catholics, whom, according to my culture, I’m not meant to befriend.” With Et Tu Mankind the artist subverts and expands traditional symbolism, in a feminist apologia that highlights women’s suffering and the pain of the female body. There is reference to menstruation, or perhaps miscarriage, but also the sense of being crucified that might apply to a rape victim who is blamed, through the system, or by her own family and culture. At 200 x 100 cm (79 x 39 inches) Et Tu ManKind is a huge statement canvas, painted in Artist’s acrylics and varnished.
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Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:6 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:11.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Born in a Glasgow tenement in a sectarian district, I left school with a piece of paper (no certificates) saying that I was deaf and would be best employed in a noisy environment as everyone would be similarly disadvantaged. Born under the image of Christ of St John of the Cross by Salvador Dali. This huge painting in Kelvingrove art gallery seems to have an impact on me becoming an Artist in my 50s. Can I say that I spent years of my childhood evading gallery custodians and sliding along the polished floor under this painting? Unknown to me at the time, this painting by Dali, with its dynamic perspective and monumental scale, planted the seed for a love of art, and awakened the soul of this deaf kid from Drumchapel. When I first picked up a piece of charcoal as an adult and started to draw, it was a version of Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross which I created. Following a decade working in noisy environments, my real education began: in a Merseyside Unemployed Resource Centre. Training to become a Welfare Rights Officer I became hungry for education. In becoming mentally astute in the law, politics, and history that inform welfare and union work, I found, with naivety, myself. My fine art practice is informed by the dual and equal passions of my life: a passion for creative arts, and passionate campaigning for social justice. I have always been involved in the arts, through theatre, film, directing, and spoken word performance. For a long time I needed to shout, and I used performance to shout publically, about abuses and inequality I witnessed in mainstream services, to shout out for social justice, and educate on behalf of silent minorities. I am profoundly deaf and found that being involved in the arts was a way of being included. I started painting about 6 years ago on an old van that had been converted as a camper, just a plain white van that became a giant 3D canvas. I was conscious of passers by either watching or commenting, both were a challenge because of deafness but it was this situation that allowed me to be more included in my community and society in general. People liked my work and over a period of years as the van canvas was filled so was I, with confidence and more involvement with passers by, some who became friends. My painting is both the catalyst and the fruition of a personal journey towards peace.
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