'Preparation Perfectionism: A Special Artwork of Social Ideas': Mick McDonough

'Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have been successful in honoring my mother’s death due to the artwork I have made over the last two years. It’s a big pleasure for you to stop on by. I will put everything into my handiwork that will be complete to fulfill my dreams. And of course earned my way into the artwork and entertainment when people will be around. That makes the best creating ever. Once again, make sure you’ll have a good time so please join us and bring everything that will be always perfect for you guys.'

-Mick McDonough

Studio Route 29 happily presents Preparation Perfectionism: A New Artwork of Social Ideas, a solo exhibition of drawings, paintings, puppets, and poetry by Mick McDonough.

In tender and attentive marks McDonough imagines sandwiches and meals set at tables across the world, in spring, fall, France, Japan. As viewers, McDonough guides us to our seats at the table, and there's a serene generosity to this vantage - we’re about to enjoy these humbly offered meals, but in no real rush to. The paintings feel made with the same careful hands that place bologna atop cheddar and lettuce, that wrap and fold in wax paper for later.

Preparation Perfectionism also includes McDonough's puppets, puppet videos, and a recent book of poetry, windows into the artist’s engagement with performance, popular culture, and experimental writing techniques.