Myfanwy MacLeod
∗1961, Canada
lives and works in Vancouver, Canada
The works of Myfanwy MacLeod (*1961, Canada), often exhibited in public spaces, involve the viewer and become a playful space for adults and children alike. MacLeod is interested in understanding how the image or concept can be changed, transformed or covered by a new meaning when its context or shape changes. A pungent sense of humour permeates her work, in which she refers to iconic moments of modernity and deals with popular culture.For BiennaleGherdëina7 MacLeod creates a new work, entitled Fallen, which consists of a larger than life sculpture, depicting the biblical Adam and Eve. Inspired by a miniature historical sculpture from the collection of the Gherdëina Museum in Ortisei, Fallen consists of two wooden figures turned toward one another with a pile of fallen apples at their feet. The work plays on the different meanings of the word fallen and is MacLeod’s ironic take on the biblical myth of world-making. Lost and hopeless in a tree-less paradise, Adam and Eve appear almost grotesque.
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