NAME: Xanda McCagg
BIRTH PLACE: Hartford, CT, USA
BIRTH DATE: 12.30.59
BIOGRAPHY
Artist's Statement
At the core of my work is a fascination with the human experience. Through my art, I observe and comment on the human condition on both a global and an intimate level. The dichotomies we are effected by and that which define us form the structure behind the work: connections vs. the ripping apart, aware vs. unaware, having vs. not having, strong vs. weak, or here and then gone.
Although my art is considered contemporary and abstract, the strength of my paintings is rooted in classical tradition. Evolving from figurative to abstract, my work continues to be informed by formal principals such as form, composition, and balance. I strive to articulate the fine line between perception and the imagination. I use these formal principals as the root vocabulary with which I develop the compositions in both the literal and a metaphorically sense.
Biography
Xanda McCaggÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s paintings have been shown in both individual and selected group exhibitions in New York, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, and internationally in Budapest, Hungary. Her abstract compositions are made with oil and graphite on canvas. Living and painting in New York City, she currently has a studio in Chelsea where her work can be seen by appointment.
Her work has been collected by private individuals and is also in the Alliance Capital Management collection. Along with a BFA in Art Education from Boston University, she has completed residencies in Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont.
