October 13 through November 12, 2005

Florence Lynch Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Megan McLarney. The exhibition is on view from October 13 through November 12, 2005. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Thursday, October 13 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

We watch as fog moves over a mountain, aspens quake in the wind, the sun flickers on a forest.  In Megan McLarney’s art, these minimal moments are examined with exacting scrutiny.  Megan McLarney is an artist obsessed with recording.  For the past six years, McLarney has developed a unique method of documenting both the natural and man-made landscape. Her technique involves using a stationary video camera to shoot overlapping exposures at a specific location. The footage is then combined in post-production to construct a panoramic view with more detail than one could possibly capture with a single shot. This unique perspective allows us to see what may have previously been overlooked. What was once incidental now becomes significant. Whether it is in the form of a multi-monitor video or a series of photographic prints, it is this subtle change in perception that is the basis for all McLarney’s art.

Megan McLarney was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and has been living and working in New York City since 1997. In April 2002, McLarney had her first solo exhibition at the Oni Gallery in Boston and in June 2002, she had her first solo exhibition, in New York City, at the Florence Lynch Gallery.   McLarney has also participated in various group exhibitions, including the show “Schools of Thought” at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.  McLarney was a MacDowell Colony artist-in-residence in 2003, a Yaddo artist-in-residence in 2004, and a recipient of a prestigious space grant from the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation from 2004-2005. McLarney is currently participating as a finalist in the Los Angeles Airport multi-monitor public art commission for the Tom Bradley International Terminal. McLarney holds a BFA in Film, Animation, & Video from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m..  For further information and photographic material please contact Florence Lynch or Provie Landor at 212-924-3290.