{"product_id":"donna-mclean-room-409","title":"141. Donna Mclean - Room 409","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on board\u003cbr\u003e18 x 16.5 cm \u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonna McLean is a painter whose work explores polarity and paradox, bringing opposing forces into direct visual conversation — light and dark, beauty and revulsion, seduction and unease. Her paintings frequently transform objects associated with violence or danger into luminous, jewel-like images, creating works that are simultaneously alluring and unsettling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on cinematic language, memory, and symbolism, McLean’s paintings examine the tension between attraction and discomfort. Bombs, film stills, and fragments of visual culture are scaled, reframed, and rendered with a heightened intensity that destabilises their meaning. Through this interplay between surface beauty and underlying threat, her work interrogates how images seduce, disturb, and shape emotional response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe studied at City and Guilds of London Art School from 1983–1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected exhibitions include the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 \u0026amp; 2025); the Contemporary British Painting Prize finalist exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery (2021); the Beep Painting Biennial at Elysium Gallery, Swansea (2022); \u003cem\u003eX\u003c\/em\u003e with Contemporary British Painting at Newcastle Contemporary Art (2023); the Aesthetica Art Prize at York Art Gallery (2024); \u003cem\u003eAssembly\u003c\/em\u003e with Contemporary British Painting, Rye (2024); the Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol (2024); the Cass Art Prize at Copeland Gallery, Peckham (2024); \u003cem\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/em\u003e at APT Gallery, Deptford (2025); \u003cem\u003eAnd Still Different Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e at Thames Side Gallery (2026); and the Ruskin Prize at Trinity Buoy Wharf (2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer awards and shortlistings include the NOA Prize at Pallant House Gallery (2013); shortlistings for the Contemporary British Art Prize (2021), the Aesthetica Art Prize (2024), the Cass Art Prize (2024), and the Ruskin Prize (2026). She was also a prize winner at the Beep Painting Biennial in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work is held in collections including those of Richard Rogers, Ian McEwan, Sylvie Guillem, and La Colombe d'Or.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"No insurance (+£0)","offer_id":57733098701174,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"UK insurance (+£15)","offer_id":58013655040374,"sku":null,"price":2015.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance (+£25)","offer_id":57987667231094,"sku":null,"price":2025.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance (+£35)","offer_id":57987667263862,"sku":null,"price":2035.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork141.jpg?v=1776950277","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/donna-mclean-room-409","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}