Andrea McGinty, Today, Tomorrow, and Forever, 2026
seed catalog, PVA, and UV varnish on canvas
8 × 10 × 1 inches
Andrea McGinty's work navigates the terrain of domestic life, survival, and humor through intricate collage, sculptural and photographic assemblage. This piece is a part of her ongoing collage-paintings composed from seed catalogs. Each vibrant image of produce is meticulously cut from the page and arranged on the canvas, forming an organic spectrum of color, type, and texture. These fragments are then composed into sprawling, map-like scenes resembling aerial views of farmland or blueprints for a dream garden. The works balance order and overgrowth, featuring winding linework that suggest pathways or irrigation systems, made responsive to the shapes of lettuce heads, eggplants, tomatoes, and sunflowers. Varnish preserves the saturated color of the clippings, freezing seasonal ripeness into a single, suspended moment: out-of-season fruits and vegetables shown in peak bloom, all at once. These fantastical, indexical compositions imagine a year-round harvest—a fantasy of homegrown abundance in an era marked by instability and rupture. McGinty’s approach is both meditative and materially playful. In the quiet accumulation of materials and gestures, McGinty reflects the domestic rituals that make meaning among long hours and wide expanses: arranging things in order to help them grow.