Fintan Magee ^©  

(Lismore, 1985)

Oil on canvas

cm. 179x156

Fintan Magee is a Sydney based social realist painter, specializing in large-scale murals. Drawing from personal experience and the mundane, his figurative paintings are deeply integrated with the urban environment and explore themes of diversity, migration and transition, waste and consumption, loss, and the environment. His works exude an inherent sentimentality and softness influenced by children’s books and the Lowbrow art movement. His practice is informed by a profound interest in political murals, inspired by early exposure to street art in conflict ridden Northern Ireland. This is reflected in the socialist nature of his public artworks, which combine journalistic elements with public art. Magee’s work is driven by his recognition of the power of murals to communicate political and social viewpoints and thus divide or unite communities.