LIV MCCARTEN’S 2024 SOLO EXHIBITION, GLOSS, EMBARKS ON A NOSTALGIC JOURNEY THROUGH THE VIBRANT ERA OF THE 2000S, WHERE EACH ARTWORK RESONATES WITH CHERISHED MEMORIES AND COMMUNAL CONNECTIONS. CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF BELOVED ICONS FROM THE EARLY 2000S, MCCARTEN’S COLLECTION IMMORTALISES THE CULTURAL TOUCHSTONES OF GROWING UP AMIDST FAMED SYMBOLS SUCH AS TAMAGOTCHIS AND BRATZ DOLLS.

WITH A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON FAMILIAR THEMES THAT HAVE LONG INSPIRED HER, MCCARTEN HAS EMBRACED THIS EXHIBITION AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE NEW MODES OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION CONVEYED THROUGH HER PAINTINGS AND CERAMICS PIECES. DEDICATED TO REFINING HER TECHNIQUES, MCCARTEN ENRICHES EACH PIECE WITH HEIGHTENED DEPTH AND VIBRANCY, MAKING A SIGNIFICANT EVOLUTION IN HER ARTISTIC JOURNEY. BEYOND CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF Y2K NOSTALGIA, MCCARTENS EXHIBITION SHOWCASES HER ONGOING EXPLORATION AND GROWTH AS AN ARTIST COMMITTED TO PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION.