Fragment 47: Nancy Anne McPhee 

2018

Eros shook my
Mind like a mountain wind falling on oak trees
 - Sappho, Fragment 47, translation Anne Carson (New York: Vintage Books, 2003), 99.

Grenfell Art Gallery is pleased to present Fragment 47. In her 47th fragment, seventh-century-B.C. Greek lyric poet, Sappho compares love to a mountain wind so strong that it shakes oak trees.  The majority of Sappho's work has been lost, only fragments of parchment with small pieces of her lyrics survive.  The 47th fragment is a small piece of the larger whole that will remain eternally unknown. Nancy Anne McPhee's installation and drawings use light and shadow to create disquieting images. Evocative of loneliness and solitude they are built from subtle tonal variance and single colour.

Nancy Anne McPhee is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Alberta and now based in Hamilton, Ontario. McPhee has a BFA from the University of Victoria, an MFA from Concordia University, and has worked as an instructor at Concordia University and NSCAD University. McPhee has exhibited nationally and internationally.

Grenfell Art Gallery and Nancy Anne McPhee gratefully acknowledge the support of the City of Hamilton's City Enrichment Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Grenfell Art Gallery et Nancy Anne McPhee remercie le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L'an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l'art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.