DAVID MAGEE Irish, b. 1963
Disintegration - Study #1, 2024
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Pearl 320gsm
54 x 63 cm
Limited Edition of 5 with 1 Artist Proof
Signed an dated by artist with signed authenticity certificate
Series: DISINTEGRATION
DAVID MAGEE
Series: DISINTEGRATION A meditation on time, decay and transformation Location: Kerala, Southern India. Image size: 54 (h) x 63 (w) cm Framed size: 93.9 x 90 cm Framed in bespoke...
Series: DISINTEGRATION
A meditation on time, decay and transformation
Location: Kerala, Southern India.
Image size: 54 (h) x 63 (w) cm
Framed size: 93.9 x 90 cm
Framed in bespoke dark wood frame with art glass
Built in 1862 on the coast of Kerala by the East India Trading Company, the sea pier in these pictures once served as a landing stage for boats loading and unloading cargo. Originally stretching far into the Arabian Sea, it has, over decades, gradually surrendered to the forces of nature.
Today, much of the structure lies beneath the water, scattered across the seabed, where it forms an artificial reef that supports a thriving ecosystem. What remains above the surface are timeworn shafts of corroded steel - fractured, eroded, yet unexpectedly elegant. Once part of a unified structure, they now stand isolated and diminished. Their slow transformation speaks quietly of time itself - elusive and ungraspable, moving steadily beyond reach.
In October 2024 David Magee returned repeatedly to this shoreline, working in the stillness of night and waiting through the quiet hours for first light to emerge over the Arabian Sea. In those moments, standing alone on the shore, he experienced a profound sense of presence - a feeling of being suspended between darkness and day, where time itself seemed momentarily held in place.
This collection is a meditation on impermanence, presence, and the quiet beauty of decay, serving as a reminder that as time passes and structures slowly fracture and fade, beauty does not vanish - it transforms. Relentlessly shaped by wind, tide and salt, the pier continues its slow dissolution - fragmenting, corroding, and disappearing, yet retaining a quiet dignity.
Exhibitions
Summer Exhibition, NoonPowell Fine Art, Richmond (2026)1
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