"I've found this quite freeing, allowing me to explore new ideas about the relationship between people and the landscape. I love their elegant yet rickety construction, and I grew up with them around my kitchen table, so they're a strong reminder of home for me."
"With their exaggerated patterns and strange billowing forms, they appear more ambiguous, wavering between unassuming decoration and smothering intrusion. From their precarious vantage points, the bentwood chairs no longer offer safe and restful repose. They invite the viewer to join their predicament."
Monica Rohan's vibrant oil paintings feature patterned fabrics and bentwood chairs, symbolizing comfort and belonging. Her characters have gradually disappeared, allowing a focus on these domestic objects. Rohan finds freedom in this shift, using chairs as human stand-ins that evoke memories of home. Her upcoming solo exhibition, Invitations, showcases works inspired by her hiking trip in Tasmania, where textiles float in natural landscapes. The chairs, now precarious, invite viewers to engage with their unstable presence, blurring the line between decoration and intrusion.
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