Last Sunday

Last Sunday was painted in 2003-2004 and represents a continuation of Mac Love’s Umbrella series of paintings. The Umbrella series began in 1999 as a thesis exploration of subjective interpretation, self-illumination, existential and absolute meaning. Love created the hypothetical world of Ible Invi to house and explore these concepts across a range of paintings, sculptures, installations, and performances.

Last Sunday depicts a flooded dream-like cityscape, bleached in light and darkness, with an apocalyptic column of fire rising up in the distance. Umbrellas float with playful physical defiance in the flooded streets.

Last Sunday was part of Mac Love’s Master of Fine Art thesis exhibition at The Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland, in 2005. It was later displayed at The Outhouse, a restaurant and nightclub in the City Center. Its current location is unknown.

Last Sunday also makes an appearance in Mac Love’s follow-up painting The Library (Last Sunday), which was rescued following Love’s deportation from Scotland.

Self-Portrait, 2000

Made from two torn strips of canvas, push pins, and serendipitous splashes of oil paint – Mac Love’s Self-Portrait was made in a flurry of creativity in early 2000. To Love, “the painting represents a confluence of thought, inspiration, resource, and action.”

Self-Portrait (2000) was reprinted as a postcards in 2001, which have been distributed and circulated around the world.