艺术报道｜艺术家Michael McGrath被《纽约时报》报道
5月3日，Crossing Art签约艺术家Michael McGrath被《纽约时报》（THE NEW YORK TIMES)报道。报道中，Michael McGrath于Crossing Art纽约空间的最新个展“乱月”（MOON RIOT）被称作纽约五月份值得关注的展览之一。
迈克尔·麦格拉斯展览被《纽约日报》报道
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五月纽约画廊看点
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in May
想在这个城市看到新的艺术吗？来看看迈克尔·麦格拉斯（Michael McGrath）的表情符号景观，恩里克·查戈亚（Enrique Chagoya）的 "反向人类学 "或多琳·勒奈特·加纳（King Cobra）的隐喻屠夫。
Want to see new art in the city? Check out Michael McGrath's emoji landscapes, Enrique Chagoya’s reverse anthropology or King Cobra’s metaphorical butchery.
作者：罗伯特·史密斯，玛莎·施文德奈尔, 约翰·文克勒,特拉维斯·迪尔和阿瑟·路博 2023年5月3日
By Roberta Smith, Martha Schwendener, John Vincler, Travis Diehl and Arthur Lubow May 3, 2023
迈克尔·麦格拉斯
至5月19日，Crossing Art, 559西23街, 曼哈顿, 212-359-4333, crossingart.com.
Michael McGrath
Through May 19. Crossing Art, 559 West 23rd Street, Manhattan, 212-359-4333, crossingart.com.
迈克尔-麦格拉斯，《猎神简介》，2023年。图片致谢Crossing Art
艺术家迈克尔·麦格拉斯在哈德逊谷的莱茵贝克工作，他的画可以被视为表情符号的风景：尖叫的花朵；看起来处于惊讶中的昆虫和树木。如同散落的墙纸一般，通过指向神灵、女巫和季节性的魔法咒语的画作标题，艺术家于Crossing Art的个展“乱月”（MOON RIOT）充满着闲适的精神能量。
The artist Michael McGrath, who is based in Rhinebeck, in the Hudson Valley, paints what might be called the emoji landscape: screaming flowers; surprised-looking insects and trees. Scattered wallpaper-like, across canvases whose titles nod to gods, witches and seasonal magic spells, his show “Moon Riot” at Crossing Art thrums with laid-back spiritualist energy.
几年前，麦格拉斯的作品发生了根本性的转变（我是在Instagram上发现他的）——在无声风景画和爱德华·蒙克式的黑暗人物风格中，突然爆发出来日光般的色彩和唱歌的植物，并在构图中不受约束。这使得他的绘画不是世界末日那般暗黑，而是如同民间艺术或儿童画温暖且有趣。这在他的作品名称中可见一斑——“猎神入门”、“女巫的春季训练”、“重新设计幽灵系统”和“月亮和小吸血鬼的周末会议”等。
McGrath's work took a radical turn a couple of years ago. (I discovered him on Instagram.) He was painting pleasingly anodyne landscapes and dark figures in the vein of Edvard Munch, and suddenly his work exploded with Day-Glo color and singing plants, unmoored in their compositions. Rather than serious or apocalyptic, his work is warm and funny, like folk art or children's drawings, and complemented by titles like “Intro to Hunting Gods”, “Spring Training for Witches”, “Redesigning Ghost Systems” and “Weekend Conference for Moons and Tiny Vampires”.
麦格拉斯的作品令人耳目一新，因为他将在森林中漫步的惊喜和一种更深层次的感觉具体化，即这个世界除去人类将会好起来；一切都会再生，就像19世纪的哈德逊河画派中，托马斯·科尔的杰作系列《帝国的进程》（1833-1836）那样，这可能是第一批警告人类世界的美国绘画。麦格拉斯引导了一些东西：也许是精神，也许是神灵，但主要是所谓的远离俗世的艺术家的反矫饰手法，他将它们被以不同的频率组合起来。
McGrath's work is refreshing, though, because it materializes the wonder of walking in the woods and a deeper sense that the world, minus humans, will be ok; everything regenerates, as it does in Thomas Cole's 19th-century Hudson River School masterpiece series “The Course of Empire”(1833-1836), which might be the first American paintings warning of the Anthropocene. McGrath has channeled something: maybe spirits, maybe gods, but mostly the anti-artifice of so-called outsider artists, who are plugged into a different frequency.
迈克尔·麦格拉斯（生于 1977 年）是一位美国艺术家，拥有伊萨卡学院的美术学士学位。麦格拉斯以其独特的视觉语言和多样化的艺术形式而备受推崇。他的艺术作品受到了多种艺术流派和文化传统的影响，呈现出表现主义的笔触和色彩的强烈对比，也有超现实主义的梦幻和离奇的元素。他的作品通常涉及到生命和死亡、神秘主义和超现实、人类存在和宇宙本质等主题，具有深刻的思想深度和启示性。通过他的绘画、拼贴和混合媒介技术，麦格拉斯创造了一种独特的氛围和质地，让观众可以穿越不同的现实层面进入奇幻的情境中。此外，他的作品还受到民间艺术和异教仪式的影响，表现出浓厚的民间艺术和宗教色彩。因此，将其置于更广阔的艺术历史和文化背景中来理解其意义和价值，能够更好地欣赏和理解他的艺术作品。
Michael McGrath (b. 1977) is an American artist who received his BFA in Fine Art from Ithaca College. McGrath is revered for his unique visual language and diverse art forms. His artwork is influenced by a variety of artistic genres and cultural traditions, presenting the strong contrasts of expressionist brushwork and color, as well as the dreamy and offbeat elements of surrealism. His work often deals with themes of life and death, mysticism and surrealism, human existence and the nature of the universe, and is profoundly thoughtful and revelatory. Through his painting, collage and mixed media techniques, McGrath creates a unique atmosphere and texture that allows the viewer to travel through different dimensions of reality into fantastical situations. In addition, his work is influenced by folk art and pagan rituals, exhibiting strong folk art and religious overtones. Therefore, the meaning and value of his artworks can be better appreciated and understood by placing them in the broader context of art history and culture.
麦格拉斯让他的观众可以自由地与真实的自己联系，在自己的力量中寻求庇护，并像孩子一样大胆地创造空间成为自己的神。麦格拉斯的作品展示在多个国家和地区的艺术馆和博物馆中，包括莱茵贝克、纽约、德国和比利时，并受到了广泛的赞誉和关注。
McGrath has given his audience the freedom to connect with their actual selves, find refuge in their own strength, and create space to become their own gods with the similar audacity of a kid. He has most recently shown work in Rhinebeck, New York, Germany, Belgium, and Beijing, China, and has received widespread acclaim and attention.
关于Crossing Art
Crossing Art画廊成立于 2008年，总部位于纽约切尔西艺术区，于上海设立代表处，旨在促进当代艺术在东西文化间的对话，现代理与合作艺术家超50余位。自成立以来，Crossing Art已举办一百多场展览和艺术项目，并多次被纽约时报、福布斯等媒体报道。Crossing Art曾参与国际多个重要展会，如迈阿密艺术博览会、巴塞尔国际艺术博览会、西岸艺术与设计博览会、Art 021等。
关于Crossing Collective
Crossing Collective是Crossing Art画廊于纽约和上海成立的国际艺术平台，致力于艺术、设计和商业的融合，打造跨界文化的创新协作模式。成立以来，Crossing Collective已与多个美术馆、画廊和非营利组织合作，促成多领域的协同发展。
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Crossing Art于2008年在纽约切尔西区中心创立，致力于探讨文化和艺术语言与社区和公众的联系。凭借在北美和亚洲的独特地位，Crossing Art通过绘画艺术、公共艺术装置、线上艺术频道等，为艺术家和藏家提供服务。自成立以来Crossing Art举办了近百场展览，参与了众多国际艺术盛事，其中包括负有盛名的 Volta Art Fair、西岸艺术与设计博览会、Art021、艺术深圳、Art Miami和纽约亚洲艺术周New York Asia Art Week等。
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