Megan Rooney: Echoes and Hours - Tobin, Amy; Nairne, Andrew
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Publication coincides with a major exhibition at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 22 June - 6 October 2024. The first monograph to focus on the captivating abstract paintings of Megan Rooney (Born South Africa, 1985), documenting her solo exhibition at Kettle's Yard and major works from the past five years.

Produktbeschreibung
Publication coincides with a major exhibition at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 22 June - 6 October 2024. The first monograph to focus on the captivating abstract paintings of Megan Rooney (Born South Africa, 1985), documenting her solo exhibition at Kettle's Yard and major works from the past five years.
Autorenporträt
Megan Rooney (b. 1985, South Africa) works across a variety of media - including painting, sculpture, installation, performance and language - to develop interwoven narratives. She completed her BA at the University of Toronto followed by an MA in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College, London in 2011. Her work has been shown in solo museum exhibitions, including at the Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (2020-21); Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto (2020); and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2019). Her performance EVERYWHERE BEEN THERE created in collaboration with choreographer Temitope Ajose- Cutting and musician Paolo Thorsen-Nagel, premiered at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in 2019. The year prior, she performed SUN DOWN MOON UP as part of the Serpentine Galleries' Park Nights programme in London. Rooney's work has also been presented in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2022); the Ludwig Forum fu]r Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2021); Lyon Biennale (2019); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2019 and 2017); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018); Venice Biennale (2017); David Roberts Art Foundation, London (2017 and 2014); and Fondation d'entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris (2014), among others. She lives and works in London.