Trance

For her fanciful sculptures, Kate MccGwire patiently collects millions of feathers, which she gathers together in her studio, recovering them directly from nature or from specialist associations involved with pigeon racing. Using glue, she arranges them in the form of scales, one by one, like strokes of color on a canvas. Trance is a fascinating artwork which plays on the seductive power of feathers (that of jewelry and courtship rituals) to which she adds a certain softness (that of nests, dreamcatchers, and angel's wings). Like the other works in the exhibition, Trance illustrates humanity's fascination for nature once again.