Next up we’re taking a closer look at Alexandra Gallagher’s newest additions of limited editions to her gallery collection. Featuring her signature surreal play with flora and fauna – beautiful punchy floral bouquets, birds, butterflies, deer and the occasional well placed and expressed word ;)
Alexandra blends digital, collage and traditional paint techniques to build up a visual depth in her work. And it’s not only layered with imagery, but also meaning.
Her work ‘Between The Land And The Sea, Light Is Born‘ is informed by the Australian Aboriginal lore that the Magpie is symbolic of ‘Provision, Motherly Love and Protection’. Legend has it that when the world was created, the sky was pressed too tightly to the land and the light of the sun could not shine fully upon the earth. The magpie took pity on the humans (fumbling in darkness), and gathered sticks to pry an opening between the earth and sky so that mankind could have light – here the Magpie is the Mother of Light.
‘Fuck This‘ is a reimagining of a political collage Alexandra created in collaboration with designer Paul David Design.
You can read more about Alexandra’s practice and find all her available work here.
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