22/06/2024 - 06/10/2024
Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours, Kettle's Yard, 22nd June - 6th October 2024
Kettle’s Yard is delighted to present ‘Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours’, the first major solo exhibition in the UK by Megan Rooney (b. 1985, South Africa). Running from 22 June – 6 October 2024, the exhibition will feature entirely new work, including a series of interrelated paintings on canvas, a collaborative dance performance and a site-specific mural, marking the first time an artist has painted directly onto the walls of the galleries at Kettle’s Yard. 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. Created in ‘family groups’, the size of the canvases she uses are determined by the reach of her outstretched arms. Vibrant colour and gesture combine in dense, apparently infinite layers. Each work captures the ebb and flow of Rooney’s process, from repetitive overpainting to the use of abrasives to remove pigment.