Artist field note

Danielle Mckinney

Private time becomes a serious subject.

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After the Dance

2022

The public event is over. McKinney is interested in what remains when performance stops and the subject is alone.

The five in one idea

McKinney paints Black women away from the public gaze - in moments of rest, thought, pleasure and solitude - and makes those quiet states worth looking at.