The various different processes that the whole thing goes through. “I love factories, I love production, I love learning how things are done. “My experience of going to the distillery,” she begins, weighing up her words. “I can see the water lapping from the studio… You can’t take me away from water.”īut it was when she was toured around the Royal Salute distillery, in Speyside, Scotland, that had notable impact upon the art she created for the ‘Forces of Nature’ collection. “My life and my studio are very interlinked,” she says, the latter of which is a barge upon a river. The Norfolk-born artist, whose – to quote her own website – “early memories of distinct landscape, dominated by its wetlands, serpentine waterways and wildlife” is a considerable source of influence over her work, has had her pieces exhibited across the world, from Poland and Paris to New York and Nanjing.Īnd yet for such a global career, it is back home in the United Kingdom that she remains the most inspired by, especially bodies of water. MccGwire’s career has gone from strength to strength since. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Sculpture in 2004, the first inkling of MccGwire’s greatness was exhibited when Charles Saatchi bought her graduation piece, and has remained a supporter of her work since. ‘Paragon’, cased in a bespoke cabinet alongside the Royal Salute 53-year-old blend / ©Royal Salute The collaboration features her limited-edition Paragon, which is paired with 53-year-old blended whisky in a bespoke cabinet and retails for $90,000. Kate MccGwire is the inaugural artist of Royal Salute’s ‘Forces of Nature’ platform, in which the whisky brand endeavors to entwine the heritage of whisky with the beauty of modern art. As is benefiting an artist of her credentials – and a company of Royal Salute’s status – the launch concluded with a dinner hosted at the Tate Britain, in the beloved Room 9, the atmospheric dimmed lights casting the portraits of Gainsborough, Hogarth and Waterhouse in a merry state of celebration.Īnd what a collaboration to celebrate. We’re speaking at the bright and early hour of 9am, mere hours after the Frieze London launch of MccGwire’s hotly anticipated collaboration with luxury whisky brand Royal Salute. Last night…” She trails off, and I join her in laughter. “I’ve had to taste quite a bit whilst doing it, and actually I like it now. “Actually, I never touched a drop of whisky before this project,” Kate MccGwire laughs. Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management.
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