Magrath, Michael; Bronze Sculpture

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ARTIST STATEMENT:

“I approach sculpture as a process of expressing, whether in concrete or ephemeral form, something otherwise intangible. I have spent the last decade or so focusing primarily on the human subject not only because it offers a hugely accessible front door, but because I perceive something implicit in the body that remains inchoate, relevant, and continuously vibrant with potential. I tell students half jokingly that the human form is the composite total of what our forbearers found irresistible. But there is a germ of truth here. For me the divine is in the details. I do not pursue realism for its own sake, but consider clear and direct observation an intense and surprisingly rewarding discipline, a path towards something as yet unknown. For me study of the specific form and attitude of the model is a way of exploring and understanding the deeper structures of the universe.”

Education:

Master of Fine Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2004

Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy with Robert Bode, Daniel Graves, 2003

Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, with Gary Faigin, et al. 2001 – 3

Hipbone Studio, Portland, Or, 1994 – 1998

Bachelor of Art – Literature & History, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1984

Deerfield Academy, 1979