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R a f aella McDo n al d
Pa i nti ngs for Perfor ma nces
A p ril 1 - A p r i l 2 4
In Paintings for Performances, artist Rafaella McDonald activates the painted object through humor, performativity and bodily
movement to iterate an expansive volume of maquettes.
Appearing as animated models that work in response to Fort Delta’s architectural pastiche, her new work focuses on a thematic logic
activated by the act of painting within a specific architectural body and the social dynamic of performativity it informs.
-Rafaella McDonald is an artist based in Melbourne. Recent solo exhibitions include a wall mural at Readings Carlton as part of
Melbourne Fringe Festival’s Uncommon Places (2014) and Done Dream Cone, Top Shelf Gallery (2014). Recent group shows have
includes ‘The Kaleidoscopic Turn’ at the NGVA (2015), Makette, Design Institute of Australia (2013) The Poetic Everyman,
Sangkring Art Space Yogyakarta (2013) and the Darwin Visual Arts Association. Rafaella McDonald completed a Bachelor of
Creative Arts from Melbourne University in 2009 and studied Karawitan at the Institute Seni Idonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta Indonesia
in 2012.
Rafaella McDonald
Paintings for Performances, 2015
Exhibtion View
Rafaella McDonald
The motorbike is out of control, it runs into the gnarly tree, 2015
Marine ply board, acrylic
61cm x 33cm
Rafaella McDonald
Untitled, 2015
Marine ply board, acrylic
61cm x 50cm
Rafaella McDonald
The scene change takes longer than the scene, 2015
Marine ply board, acrylic
61cm x 45.5cm
Rafaella McDonald
Paintings for Performances, 2015
Exhibtion View
Rafaella McDonald
Paintings for Performances, 2015
Exhibtion View
Rafaella McDonald
The pool breaks, 2015
Marine ply board, acrylic
45cm x 60cm
Rafaella McDonald
Diorama 8, 2015
Re-purposed MDF, acetate, acrylic
26cm x 16cm