Artborne Magazine April 2017 | Page 24

MacDonald is tipping the scales and bringing a sense of equilibrium to the ideas of destruction and construction. In his hands, the disposable is reclaimed and is given a new life. He sees to it that technology not only perpetuates trag- edy and disaster, but also bliss and celebration. Forrest Mac- Donald understands that art requires death and destruction to balance life and creation, and he embraces the gravity and the power of being an artist: the creator and destroyer of worlds. You can see more at: ForrestMacDonald.com right, Cigar Girls with Eyes, archival inkjet photographic print below, Invasion is Nocturnal, archival inkjet photographic print bottom, KABOOM, archival inkjet photographic print 25 www. ARTBORNEMAGAZINE.com