Lucy McKenzie (Born 1977 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a fiercely experimental artist, a catalyst in her native Glasgow art community, and a deeply perceptive writer on the work of her peers. Like Andy Warhol or Martin Kippenberger, McKenzie has a profoundly self-conscious sensibility, one that is rigorously engaged with her world on all fronts. Trained in the commercial techniques of decorative painting, she slyly recalibrates the legacies, both aesthetic and social, of abstract painting, investigating technique and proposing new attendant meanings. In addition to painting, McKenzie employs drawing, sculpture, and installation, amongst other mediums, as she appropriates recognizable art historical subjects. Untitled reflects an interest in architecture as source material for contemplating and questioning visual culture.
Lucy McKenzie, Untitled, 2004. Pencil and ink on paper. 11 1/2 x 16 inches (29.2 x 40.6 cm). Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston. Gift of David Tieger. Courtesy the artist. © Lucy McKenzie