Noirish territory has always pulsed away in the background of McMillan’s paintings – from the skewed rear window vistas of a car in flight, to the “triffid-like” treatment of the streetlights... or are they simply deep-state surveillance devices. I’m not suggesting that McMillan is a conspiracy guy at all, but he may well, like me, be increasingly nostalgic for the time when a good conspiracy was largely part of Hollywood fiction rather than front page news on Fox. Opening Thursday at FOXJENSENMcCRORY #foxjensengallery #foxjensenmccrory #aucklandgallery #garymcmillan #garymcmillanart #portrait #urbantension #filmnoir #theroad #surveillance #openingsoon #painting #painter #pointillism #judgement #favouritemodel