Both videos depict a forest landscape that is dark and brooding in atmosphere. One might describe it as enchanted or magical, but with a sinister edge.
Art fairs are becoming an increasingly important business model for galleries and dealers. The worry is that their ascendance will leave less and less room for slow art, as the market is crowded out by spectacle.
Insofar as the artists in this show are primarily concerned with the ideas, there is a sense in which aesthetic choices they make in the visual presentation of their works are incidental
These paintings are the latest in a years-long series of works by Mackay in which he courageously explores the endless and surprising possibilities of painting itself. Their energy is infectious.