UK-based artist Grande Dame (aka Tiff McGinnis) just can’t stick to one medium. Her trippy visuals take the form of animations, GIFs, pop prints, ceramics and textiles so saturated with neon they almost make your teeth ache. The genre-bending work is part Southern Gothic – an homage to her childhood roots in the American South – part ’60s and ’70s psychedelia, with a heavy dose of occult trash cinema and Roaring Twenties-era art nouveau sprinkled in for good measure.
To McGinnis, branching out artistically and thematically isn’t simply about creating more work – it’s also part of a grander life philosophy.
“We’re only on earth for who knows how long,” McGinnis explained over the phone, “I want to check out as many creative mediums as I can.”
She’s brought this ethos with her to Siem Reap, where her show Electric Crazyland will be making its Cambodian debut on Wednesday. McGinnis described a recent walk around the city during which she came upon a group of women deftly working over looms in an open-air storefront. It was a scene that struck her, and one that she said made her instantly want to add weaving to her collection of skills.
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