The Lure

“Wonderful transformation here.. beyond the veil speaks of so many experiences and journeys.. hair refers to the jewels, with just enough lip and eye to see and tell the story.”
~ John Felice Ceprano (Ottawa rock sculptor, painter)

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“Love the composition! Very interesting headpiece almost like a Dreamcatcher.”
~ Yorgos Papadopoulos (Psychologist, Dráma Greece)

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“L'influence Diane Claxton: Headdress 2016..? Aspect culturel. Minutieusement très joli. Pour le titre pas certaine.”
~ Caro Shanti (Professeure yoga, Danse, Art & Culture)

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“You look like an African Orisha Obatala. You are looking more African with each incarnation! But what am I saying. You are the master. Stop me if I have told you this before, but I think of you as a kind of minimalist expression, in that each object, expression, sea shell, etc.. exudes such power, in its expression, that little other embellishment is required. The physiognomy behind the ornamental screen remains as enigmatic as behind any Commedia dell'arte mask. Read into it what you will, rage, lust, desire, indifference?”
~ Bob Boldt (American artist, writer, poet, film/video maker)

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“I keep reminding myself that I have never seen this image before, and yet I feel that I have, or, more accurately, I sense that aspects of the image pre-existed in my imagination, or memory banks, or foggy yearnings. To some degree, this reflects Macri’s uncanny ability to draw out the experiences of his viewers without knowing specifically what they are. We are inundated with images in the digital world, share them across kilometres and time zones, store them in the synapses of our brains, and often forget what it is that we have once known. We no longer see them until an artist makes them visible for us. Macri becomes an artist of recovery, taking from the neglected or the forgotten, adapting from the old to create something new, startling in its composition, artfully constructed with images, patterns and motifs derived from general culture, social anxieties and personal experiences. He transmutes dross into gold.”

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“Transformation plays a central role in Macri’s practice, most evident in works like The Lure (2023), a photograph from his Jahrfish project. The piece ties together themes of identity and mutation that have appeared in his past work. It features a metallic face mask resembling a fishing lure, symbolizing the dangerous allure of things that attract us despite their potential harm.”


The Lure, 2023
Photography: Chromogenic C-print
64 x 64 cm


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