rory monaghan

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      • river paintings 2017-2019
      • new work, 2020
    • essays on the work
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about:

       Rivers, when they flood, grab whatever they can get their hands on, bind it together with the force of current, and run fast and hard wherever they please.

        When they’re done flooding, they leave

scattered monuments of debris behind,

physical reminders that say:

“You can't control nature.  Hell,

you can't control anything.”

        My work is inspired by rivers.

It flows through painting and assemblage

to portray movement, space,  the

human form, and serious play.

It struggles between leaving, arriving,

and staying put. Struggle never stops.

Discovery never ends. Arriving never gets

me anywhere but a new point of departure.

       I go round and round trying my best to get there.

bio

       Born in Denver, Colorado in 1952, Monaghan has lived and worked in Chicago since 1977.  

shows

Solo Shows

Eventually  (Hope is a thing with feathers)


Group Shows

2019-   Mana Decentralized,  Mana Contemporary,

 Jersey City, NJ

2019-  Thing, Cosmetic Solutions, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

2018- All the Best Artists Are My Friends, 

Mana Contemporary,  Jersey City, NJ 

2017- Unapologetic Drawing, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago

2014-  Brucennial 2, New York City

2012-  Brucennial 3, New York City

2011-  Smithumenta II, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City

2009- Light and Time, Plum Gallery, Charleston, SC

2010-  A Grand Opening, 675 Hudson St, New York, NY

2008-   E Pluribus, Plum Gallery, Charleston, SC

2005-   Coming Through, Refuge Center, Skokie, Il


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