Quentin James McCaffrey. The Distance of Desire
Margherita Artoni, JULIET – Contemporary Art Magazine
September 2026
There are places that seem to belong to us before we have ever inhabited them. We recognise them in the arrangement of a window, in the light crossing a room, in the presence of a rug or a vase of flowers. Something in these forms precedes memory and allows it to surface without giving it a precise image. Quentin James McCaffrey’s paintings emerge within this uncertain territory, where familiarity and estrangement meet, and every environment holds the trace of a possible experience. […]