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Forrest McGarvey
Portrait of a Posture, 2020
Inkjet print, 10 x 8 inches
Edition 1/5, signed, verso
Framed
Courtesy of the artist
Estimated value: $600
This collage is from a new body of work about the relationship between identity and technology. The works depict the simultaneous feelings of agency and disassociation felt by those who do not have strong connections to the identity prescribed to or chosen by us. As we exist within multiple states of “in-between-ness,” technology can aid, complicate, or potentially damage how we embody that representation through a variety of ways: authentic and simulated, personal and historic, past and present, esoteric and familiar, legible and illegible, or on- and offline.
About the Artist:
Forrest McGarvey
Forrest McGarvey is an artist and writer currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his interdisciplinary practice, he examines how we use objects, materials, and media to define our selves in our heavily technologized moment. He is interested in the constructed relationship with media and technology, and its effects on perception, culture, and performativity both on and off screen. He received an MA in visual and critical studies and an MFA in fine arts from the California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Forrest also holds a BFA in fine arts from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, New York.
Website: forrestmcgarvey.com
Instagram: @forroost
