Artist Kevin C. McCarthy uses the poignant and sometimes sadly ironic situations created by humankind as an inspiration for his creations.
Take the soon-to-be-open sculptural installation called “Gyre Nest.” McCarthy began this project after reading about the massive amounts of garbage that collect in the central Pacific Ocean and seeing pictures of albatross carcasses and skeletons in nests on tiny islands and atolls in the Pacific Ocean.
In these pictures, the birds had died from ingestion of plastic, mostly bottle caps fed by regurgitation from their parent birds. “The concentration of plastic in the chest and torso of some of the birds had a similar appearance to a cornucopia overflowing. The reality is a picture of unwitting infanticide committed by diligent parents, and the needless suffering of an innocent creature,” McCarthy wrote in his artist’s statement.
An opening reception for “Gyre Nest” is planned from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at 2831 Wetmore Ave., Everett. The installation will be on view from noon to 4 p.m. through Friday.
The project part of the Art in Great Spaces program sponsored by the Arts Council of Snohomish County and the city of Everett.
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