Connor McManus

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Unbound Arc

2017

I think if New Orleans had its own collective unconscious, the Mississippi River would play the prominent role of a goddess mother. A paradoxical force to contend with, she's a destructive creator, building land by flooding it. Though she is immovable she changes course, wriggling like a worm on the geological timescale, and by virtue of her grandeur, she centers swampy New Orleans as the gate between the North American interior and the rest of the world. She's the force that undergirds our agriculture, aquaculture, trade - the force that serves supper at the Jung Hotel restaurant every night prior to the chefs, cooks, and waiters. In these paintings, Unbound Arc and Snake Dance, I attempted to emulate the spontaneity of a river current. The hardest part was letting go of the hope to control and allowing an unbound hand to run its course.

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Acrylic on Canvas
6x13
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Image Description: Unbound Arc / Main Image

Artist + Connor McManus

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I am a New Orleans and Minneapolis-based artist from Lafayette, LA. I studied art at Brown and RISD, graduating from Brown in 2013. I moved to New Orleans after graduation, where I practiced art alongside a career in graphic design, community engagement, and architectural design. I've shown my in galleries in south Louisiana and Mississippi. Currently, I am pursuing an M.Arch and an MLA degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. My art work is inspired by the patterns in nature and the manner in which our minds filter, remember, transform, and represent our experiences.

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Location All / Greater New Orleans / Greater Baton Rouge / North Louisiana / Mississippi Gulf Coast