Trina McKillen
Gun in a BoxYear 1999
Medium Gelatin Silver Print
Dimensions 20 x 25 cm
Edition 25
When she first ventured into photography in the 1990s, Trina McKillen applied her work as a set designer to the construction of narratives or scenes, often tinged with childhood anxieties. Embellished with props and miniature dolls, they illustrate her approach to making photographs that convey a sense of helplessness. Although they do not yet echo the front-page stories of the clergy sex abuse crisis that would capture her attention a few years later, these early images offer a perspective on McKillen's ongoing concern for children and their vulnerability.
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Trina McKillen is an artist and photographer. Her work deals with the ideas of numbness, beauty and conflict, spirituality and profanity, life and death. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1964, she studied sculpture at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin and has been based in Los Angeles since 1989.
Artists Trina McKillen
Name of the work in a Box
Year 1999
Medium Gelatin Silver Print
Edition 25
Dimensions 20 x 25 cm
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Numbered No
Certificate of authenticity No
Artwork
As she began experimenting in the medium of photography in the 1990s, Trina McKillen translated her work as a set designer into the construction of narratives, or scenes, often imbued with childhood angst. Using miniature props and dolls, they illustrates her approach to making images conveying a sense of helplessness. Although not yet addressing the front-page news of the clerical sexual abuse crisis that would consume her attention several years later, these early images offer perspective on McKillen’s persistent concerns for children and their vulnerability.