“Interference” (2023), oil on canvas, framed, 180 x 150 centimeters. All pictures © Monica Rohan, courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, shared with permission
Draped over invisible clotheslines, classic materials conceal seaside vistas, meadows teeming with dried grasses, and craggy partitions of stone in Monica Rohan’s newest works. The artist (beforehand) renders the huge landscapes of her native Australia in a brand new sequence of oil work as a part of Disappearing Act, her solo present on view later this month at Jan Murphy Gallery in Fortitude Valley, Queensland.
Identified for her deft portrayals of sample and the scale of folded textiles, Rohan continues to distinction home, human-made materials with extra natural environment. On this sequence, disembodied limbs draw again the suspended curtains, slowly uncovering the in any other case hid landscapes. Rohan refers to those small reveals as “portals to seemingly idyllic environments past” that intensify the way in which work—and artwork, extra broadly—intervene in how we expertise our environment.
The stage-like nature of the work attracts connections between the restricted period of theatrical performances and the approaching losses brought on by the local weather disaster as they channel “emotions of hysteria and concern towards landscapes below risk,” the artist says. Every is serene with calm waters, sunny skies, and an easiness to its existence, and all notably lack proof of human civilization. Devoid of a physique, the palms add an uncanny stress to the works, as they direct viewers towards what lies behind the curtains and emphasize, because the title suggests, “that the present is about to start out.”
Disappearing Act will run from April 26 to Might 13. Till then, check out Rohan’s Instagram, the place she generously shares glimpses into her course of.
“The Sea” (2022), oil on canvas, framed, 120 x 183 centimeters
“Strung up in late afternoon gentle” (2023), oil on canvas, framed, 120 x 180 centimeters
“Choose” (2023), oil on board, framed, 35.5 x 28 centimeters
“Ridge between mountains” (2023), oil on board, framed, 120 x 90 centimeters
“Riverbank” (2023), oil on board, framed, 120 x 90 centimeters
“Withdraw from the hillside” (2022), oil on board, framed, 120 x 90 centimeters
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