Rowena Chiu is a London based independent curator. In her reflective review, Rowena summarised my enthralment with dualities of nature, and how this is represented through illustrations and essays in the monograph.
“Seeing the experimentation and development of Kate MccGwire’s oeuvre over twenty years compiled into this richly-illustrated monograph underscores the artist’s enthralment with nature and inherent respect for the majesty and dimensionality of both her material and its origins.”
"The vivid images in the monograph impress upon the iridescence and hypnotic three-dimensionality of the material used by Kate MccGwire, which is emphasised by MccGwire’s adept manipulation of it."
"The essays in Kate MccGwire’s monograph rightly situate her work on the boundaries of classical mythology, surrealism, post-minimalism, feminist art and soft sculpture, yet it is apparent that the work in its slippage has shaped a distinctive practice in which these art historical references fuse with MccGwire’s visceral appreciation of the magnificence and dualities of nature."
