Caroline McCarthy
Caroline McCarthy
Caroline McCarthy
From the Testors Military Range: 1723 Gunship Gray, 1725 Neutral Gray, 1728 Light Ghost Gray, 1730 Flat Gull Gray, 1733 Camouflage Gray, 1740 Dark Gull Gray, 1747 Gloss Black, 1749 Flat Black, 1780 Steel, 1781 Aluminium, 1788 Euro 1 Silver, 1790 Chrome Silver, 1794 Aggressor Gray, 1795 Gun Metal, 1796 Jet Exhaust, 2037 Flint Gray, 2039 Canadian Voodoo Gray (Gloss), 2057 RAF Ocean Gray, 2079 Schwarzgrau, 2094 Panzer Schwarzgrau 1939-1943, 2101 Anthracitgrau, 2103 Afrika Dunkelgrau 1942, 2115 Imperial Japanese Army Lt. Gray, 2133 Fulcrum Gray, 2137 British Gulf Armor Light Stone, 2138 Israel Armor Sand/ Gray’, 2002
Domestic containers and packaging, Testors enamel paint, glass and shelving fixtures
Made whilst on a short residency at Parker’s Box gallery in New York, From The Testors Military Range displays local supermarket packaging which has been painted using colours sourced from the ‘Military Range’ of Testors model-makers paint.
The result combines ideas of disposability and desirability using a medium which in itself refers to the idea of disguise and camouflage, uniform and coded conduct.
TetraPak juice carton, beige enamel paint, plastic bracket
Related Works:
Poster
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Above: Invitation Card (Parker’s Box)
