Campbell McLean: War-Birds & Adverts

Closing Reception: Saturday, October 3rd, 12- 2 PM (at 301 Cabot Street)   “War-birds & adverts dance across my screen – like the birds of paradise. Mechanical marvels of stolen avian secrets. Ailerons and fuselage. Their hollow bones will be broken and poisoned by beasts created in their image.”                                                                                                             -Campbell McLean   Campbell McLean explores her queer-American experience by creating caricaturist paintings, objects, installations, and videos. From oil on canvas, papier-mâché to found object, McLean’s unique aesthetic approach shines through in her sporadic ‘make-due’ energy that flows seamlessly between 2D and 3D forms. The resulting works are immersive and modular series and installations that read as both specific and universalizing, personal and relatable.   In War-Birds & Adverts, the artist’s installation for the 301 Frame Gallery, McLean incorporates themes of patriotism,… View Source