Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art

I like things I remember

Water colour painting of Stan Lee sitting at a desk on the left side of the image. He wears a turquoise top with a white collar. He has sunglasses on and a mug in his hand. There are posters on the walls behind him. The interior looks like an office. The posters feature the Hulk, Spider Man and one with the text Excelsior on it. A red and white table sits on the yellow floor, it has a star in the centre. There is a bookshelf and some other furniture
Jonathan McKinstry, Stan Lee, 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Gestural Painting, bold colours. A green loch Ness monster comes out of the blue water in the foreground, to its right is a bridge of some sort with bright orange and red marks leading into the back ground. The background is a city scape of Glasgow which includes the squinty bridge and a crane as well as some buildings in reds and yellows. A purple/bluesky is behind them with some white clouds
Jonathan McKinstry, Loch Ness Monster, 2018
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Gestural painting with bold colours. A bright yellow NYC taxi cab in profile in foregraound. Behind it there are several buildings in green, yellow, red and brown. Each have black windows and there is a traffic light as well. The sky behind is mostly bright blue with a thin strip of hot pink at the top.]
Jonathan McKinstry, Yellow Taxi, 2021
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Gestural painting. Two action hero figures in a battle. One figure in a red suit holds a fire sword towards the other figure in blue. Figure in blue has a white star on their chest and holds a shield to protect themselves from the fire sword. Both figures are in profile and there is a purple background.]
Jonathan McKinstry, Civil War, 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
A photo of a man standing in front of a mural painted on a wall which depicts five characters standing behind a grey table. The characters from left to right, Chewbacca (Star Wars), Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Finn the Human (Adventure Time), Zoidberg (Futurama) and Pac Man. On the table there is a wine, a burger, and a roast chicken. The back ground is blue and purples with squiggle lines in the purple sections. Across the top of the image is a banner with the text 'Victoria Cafe'.
Jonathan McKinstry, Not The Last Supper II, 2017
Installation view at Glasgow School of Art Victoria Café
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Detail of gestural painting. Five characters stand behind a grey table. The characters from left to right, Chewbacca (Star Wars), Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Finn the Human (Adventure Time), Zoidberg (Futurama) and Pac Man. On the table there is a wine, a burger, and a roast chicken. The back ground is blue and purples with squiggle lines in the purple sections.
Jonathan McKinstry, Not the Last Supper, (detail), 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
A photograph of a man standing in a kitchen area painting a mural on a white wall. The painting depicts a superhero figure wearing a yellow suit and red cape with a green mug as a head. Text next to the painting reads 'captain caffeine'.
Jonathan McKinstry in collaboration with Panda, Project Agility Tea Room Mural
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Dates and Opening times

Fri 7 June – Sat 20 July

7 –  23 June
Mon – Sun, 11am – 5pm

24 June – 20 July
Wed – Sat, 11am – 5pm

Venue

Project Ability
1st Floor
Trongate 103
G1 5HD

Participants
Jonathan McKinstry
Presented by

Project Ability

Accessiblity

Good access: The venue has ramped or level access and/or lifts to access upper floors

Toilets: The venue has toilets available for visitors

Accessible Toilets: The venue has a wheelchair-accessible toilet


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Jonathan McKinstry’s solo exhibition I like things I remember is a collection of paintings inspired by childhood memories of fun, games, and tasty treats!

Iconic snacks from the 70s and 80s, including Findus crispy pancakes, Tizer, Mr. Whippy, Wimpy Burgers are referenced, with the colours of branding and packaging used to invoke memories of his youth. Memories of Jonathan’s favourite board games are featured too, like Operation, Buckaroo and Hungry Hippos. Action figures, one of Jonathan’s lasting loves from childhood, also play a part in the exhibition. Jonathan carries his most cherished memories through to adulthood and is still a massive fan of comics and a regular visitor to Comic Con festivals.