other world at the Islington Mill Gallery is a sculpture exhibition of work by early-career artists based in Greater Manchester. Come and enter a vibrant alternate world where everything is larger than life, kooky, and colourful. The work in this exhibition centres around themes of transformation, play, and worldbuilding. It includes work from Bridie Nelson,…
cut and paste drawing, then edited digitally
location: pint sized gallery, chorlton opening night: sunday 6th april 2025 an exhibition of kooky, colourful, naive style art curated through a manchester based open call with live illustrations and artist stalls on the opening night curated by caterina berti and charlie mcgee
painting: oil on canvas net: foraged branch, modroc, white gesso, garden twine crown: newspaper, modroc, white gesso, garden twine
oil + oil pastel on unstretched cotton the jester holds the twine, the priestex holds the wishbone
inspired by etched copies of paintings.
oil + oil pastel on unstretched cotton the jester is a mischievous figure, he untangles the twine and then tangles it again.
charlie mcgee (they/them/theirs) is an artist, curator, and art technician based at islington mill. they use visual art as a means for storytelling and world building, drawing inspiration from medieval art, religious iconography, literature, comic books, cartoons, and contemporary painters. queerness and transsexuality are themes that inform and run through their artistic practice- creating fantasies…
20 minute pose coloured pencil on paper life drawing at OT creative space