Leah McDonald is a site-responsive artist working between Motherwell and Glasgow. Working primarily in sculpture and installation, she explores themes of class, identity, and disruption of place.
A Motherwell artist is set to host her first solo exhibition.
Leah McDonald is a site-responsive artist working between Motherwell and Glasgow.
Working primarily in sculpture and installation, she explores themes of class, identity, and disruption of place.
Through her practice she is committed to diversifying the art world and expanding its accessibility. She uses her work to challenge who art is for and where it belongs, often placing works in transitional spaces and documenting their unpredictable engagements.
Leah will be showcasing her work at the C’mere Generator Project in Dundee from March 31 to May 3.
C’MERE brings together a series of existing works alongside newly commissioned pieces grounded in Motherwell and Dundee. The exhibition invites visitors into the gallery, only to redirect attention outward, prompting reflection on place, surroundings, and who public space belongs to.
Activated through sculptural interventions, often in purposely unassumed public arrangements, the works create moments of tension, connection, and reflection.
They prompt thought and discussion around class, identity, and space, while also questioning where art, the environment and our permission to engage with it exists.
The wider programme features an artist talk with Leah, as well as a live invitation to engage with one of McDonald’s site-specific interventions during the run of the exhibition.
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Generator Projects is a dynamic, vibrant exhibition and events space in the heart of Dundee.
Founded in 1996, more than 25 years later Generator still operates in the tradition of ARIs (Artist Run Initiatives): non-profit, collaborative, grassroots, membership-based spaces that exist to foster and sustain creativity and participation in the arts.
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