1985.8.1 - Checkpoint
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Object Typepainting
ArtistMacPhee, Medrie
Date Made1984
Item Details
Object Typepainting
ArtistMacPhee, Medrie
Date Made1984
Accession Number
1985.8.1
Title
Checkpoint
Object Type
painting
Artist
MacPhee, Medrie
Date Made
1984
Culture/Nationality
Canadian
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
overall: 157.5 x 183.4 cm
Description
"Checkpoint" is an example of the artist’s industrial cityscapes from the 1980s. These works reflect an unusual beauty in the decaying industrial environment of the city. “I've always loved architecture,” the…
"Checkpoint" is an example of the artist’s industrial cityscapes from the 1980s. These works reflect an unusual beauty in the decaying industrial environment of the city. “I've always loved architecture,” the artist has remarked. “The reason I moved to New York was that I loved the way the city looked—dramatic changes in scale, death and rebirth, the fantasy elements. These sites I go to, they're secret places, in a way. They embody the feeling of heroic fiction. Now there’s a kind of pathos about it, something very compelling. They're deteriorating.” (1)
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(1) Freedman, Adele. “Medrie MacPhee’s Industrial Poetics” Canadian Art, Fall 1989.
Credit Line
Acquired by the Committee for the Purchase and Placement of Works of Art
Citation
Page Citation for 1985.8.1 - Checkpoint
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"1985.8.1 - Checkpoint, University of Alberta Museums Art Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/11-4343. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
