These works theatrically celebrate the Australian landscape and explore the anxiety of climate uncertainty.
Meticulously painted vistas are slowly revealed behind swathes of patterned, vintage fabric. Hands slip between these makeshift curtains; seemingly pulling us towards the environment and gesturing that the show is about to start. The textiles themselves contain natural motifs like flowers or overwhelming, expansive patterns. Their rendering fluctuates uncomfortably between dead-flat and billowing volume. In her own gentle, surreal way, Monica Rohan is spotlighting slithers of the natural landscape, at threat of becoming remnants themselves.
Monica Rohan, Takeover, 2023, oil on board, 120 × 90cm. Courtesy the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Queensland
Jan Murphy Gallery
26 April to 13 May 2023
Queensland
