Megan Rooney, Blue departure (2021). Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. 199,6 x 152,3 x 3,5 cm. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac.
Megan Rooney, Blue departure (2021) (detail). Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. 199,6 x 152,3 x 3,5 cm. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac.
Paintings by the brilliant Megan Rooney grace the walls of Thaddaeus Ropac for the artist’s first solo show in London in five years.
Highly intuitive, her contemporary reinvigoration of mid-century abstraction—often spreading beyond the confines of her canvases—has seen the curatorial demand for the London-based artist skyrocket.
In a recent Ocula Advisory Perspectives piece, Laurie Barron explored Rooney’s intuitive methods, her new series of works on paper for the show, and Hans Ulrich Obrist’s praise for her story-telling abilities.
Main image: Megan Rooney, Blue departure (2021). Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. 199,6 x 152,3 x 3,5 cm. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac.
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