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images in Ann McCoy's works come from dreams, a process known as incubation
in the Greek world. Incubation, a "sleeping in", was used
to record dreams for therapeutic and prophetic ends. For McCoy, dreams
represent a philogenetically older mode of thought linked to nature
and very much needed as a counterbalance in our "rational",
scientific world. The unconscious is no mere repository of the past,
but contains the seeds of future healing. Dreams are letters from
the gods and the animal spirits. For McCoy, dreams are linked to an
inner transformation process described in alchemical symbolism. The
Alchemical Great Work, and the personal dream life fuse, as part of
the path to the realization of the Self. Processional with Resplendor,
Lunar Birth, Washing the Leprous Body of the Mother in the Waters
of the Jordan, and Mad Mother Realm, are part of a series dealing
with the death of the artist's mother. The mother's descent into madness,
long hospitalization and death produced the need for a transformation
of the "inner mother". For McCoy, the dreams provided a
path to forgiveness and compassion, and a healing on the level of
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The Mad Mother Series - Interview.
Lila
Jan. 25, 2010
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Michael S Currier Center.
Putney School
Putney Vermont
Sept 29 , 2009
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PFAUENINSEL Berlin 2008
Galerie Zero
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The Death and Transformation of the Monkey King:
An Alchemical Fairy Tale
KHOJ , New Delhi, 28 October 2005
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Conversations
With Angels:
An Installation For Majdanek
Summer 2003
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Processional
with Resplendor
2002
19 inches x 7 ft x 9 inches case bronze with silver crown
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Lunar
Birth
2001
Colored pencils, graphite, and watercolor, with iridescent acrylic paint,
on photographic paper mounted on canvas.
9x 14 feet
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Sanctuary
2003
Colored pencils, graphite, and watercolor, with iridescent acrylic paint,
on photographic paper mounted on canvas.
9x 14 feet
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White
Birth
2004
Colored pencils, graphite, and watercolor, with iridescent acrylic paint,
on photographic paper mounted on canvas.
9x 14 feet
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Processional
of the Annunciation with Resplendors
2004
Casting wax with silver crowns
19 x 86 x 9 inches
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Golden
Bambina with Dark Kali
2001
Colored pencils, graphite, and watercolor, with iridescent acrylic paint,
on handmade Japanese paper.
66 1/4 x 46 inches
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Washing
The Leprous Body Of The Mother In The Waters Of The
River Jordan
2000
9 x 14 foot pencil and watercolor on paper on canvas
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Mad
Mother Realm
1999
9 x 14 foot pencil and watercolor on paper on canvas
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The
Death of the King
1998
9 x 14 foot pencil on paper on canvas with watercolor and metallic paint
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