Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours is the first monograph to explore the work of one of the most exciting emerging painters of her generation.
Rooney's sensuous and compelling paintings reinvigorate the power of abstraction. They embody a sense of boundless energy and life, whilst reflecting the artist's deep knowledge of painting and the potential of each viewer's encounter. Vibrant colour and gesture combine in dense, apparently infinite layers. Each canvas captures the ebb and flow of Rooney's process, from repetitive overpainting to the use of abrasives to remove pigment.
This major new book accompanies Rooney's first solo exhibition in the UK. It explores the variations in her painting practice across a series of new works made for the exhibition. The book illustrates these works including a temporary mural at Kettle's Yard painted directly on the gallery walls, as well as documenting earlier, formative paintings. Three newly commissioned essays and an interview with the artist in her studio explore Rooney's practice and the resonances of her hugely captivating work.
| ISBN: | 9781904561712 |
| Publication date: | 12th August 2024 |
| Author: | Megan Rooney, Kettles Yard Gallery |
| Publisher: | Kettle's Yard Gallery an imprint of Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 162 pages |
| Series: | Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge |
| Genres: |
Individual artists, art monographs |
Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours is the first monograph to explore the work of one of the most exciting emerging painters of her generation.
Rooney's sensuous and compelling paintings reinvigorate the power of abstraction. They embody a sense of boundless energy and life, whilst reflecting the artist's deep knowledge of painting and the potential of each viewer's encounter. Vibrant colour and gesture combine in dense, apparently infinite layers. Each canvas captures the ebb and flow of Rooney's process, from repetitive overpainting to the use of abrasives to remove pigment.
This major new book accompanies Rooney's first solo exhibition in the UK. It explores the variations in her painting practice across a series of new works made for the exhibition. The book illustrates these works including a temporary mural at Kettle's Yard painted directly on the gallery walls, as well as documenting earlier, formative paintings. Three newly commissioned essays and an interview with the artist in her studio explore Rooney's practice and the resonances of her hugely captivating work.
Megan Rooney - Echoes & Hours features in the following genres: Individual artists, art monographs
Megan Rooney - Echoes & Hours is available in Paperback
Megan Rooney - Echoes & Hours was written by Megan Rooney, Kettles Yard Gallery and published by Kettle's Yard Gallery an imprint of Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge
Megan Rooney - Echoes & Hours has 162 pages
Yes it is part of Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge series