The Chariot, 2021
'The Chariot' is the 7th Major Arcana trump within the Tarot card decks. The card element of this animation was originally a hand-drawn artwork, produced upon an ultra black carbon nanotube coated sheet of aluminium. The resulting animation is a parody of the modern Gallery space; a satire about the mystification and packaging of Art for the purpose of commodification.
About the artist
Robert McNally is an artist known for his cram-a-universe-into-an-atom pencil drawings. His constructions evoke a unique form of anachronistic/abstracted storytelling that feeds on the paradox, the surreal, and the subconscious. They draw upon a vast array of historical references, memes and tropes, and oscillate somewhere between plausibility and implausibility, fascination and repulsion, authenticity and fakery. His works feature in prominent public and private collections, and have been exhibited internationally.