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Made on the island in rapid fire succession, Memories of Hydra is composed of point-and-shoot drawings and off-the-cuff prose, quiet observations and imagined histories related to the island\u2019s cultural pedigree. A love letter to a place that has brought McGregor much joy and light.
\nPeppered with homages to cultural icons who were struck by Hydra\u2019s mystique and on whose work the island in turn left an impression \u2014 from Ghikas to Henry Miller, Leonard Cohen and Patrick Leigh Fermor \u2014 combining wit with sentiment, vibrant colors with raw, energetic lines.
\nFrom the artist: \u201cI remember walking down the hill from Four Corners to Kamini, bewildered by the sun and the sweltering heat\u2026 I saw a young girl picking berries from the bushes and eating them, her face covered in the red purple and blue. She looked happy and when I passed her I saw that her T-shirt read \u201cHappy\u201d.
\nThe book represents an essential part of the artist\u2019s practice, when he is away from his studio in LA. Sketchbooks and loose pieces of hotel stationery become the main outlets for new ideas and observations. Memories of Hydra continues the artist\u2019s proactive approach of publishing site specific sketchbooks, in full, which provide a peek into his work outside the studio. Those sketchbooks, in turn, inform larger works on canvas created when the memory wanes and becomes hazier.<\/p>\n

Well known for his lively still-life paintings and drawings, Michael McGregor is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. He has exhibited in the US, the UK, Italy and Mexico, as well as contributed to various magazines and publications.<\/p>\n

Dimensions: 24 x 32 cm | 48 pages | written in English | soft cover<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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