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KATY MORAN │ Parasol Unit, London → 8 March 2015

'Rock Face with a Face' (detail), 2013, 38 x 46 cm. Collection of Carole Server and Oliver Frankel
‘Rock Face with a Face’ (detail), 2013, 38 x 46 cm. Collection of Carole Server and Oliver Frankel

“Paṛsol ynit fândešn fr cntmprri āt z dlîtd t priznt a sôlo xibišn v pêntñz bî ɖ Lundn-bêst pêntr Cêti Mran.

Alɖo Cêti Mran’z jesčṛl n hîli ivoc̣tv pêntñz me apir t b abstract, ɖ ātist hrslf z inverı̣bli cnsrnd wɖ ɖ fiğṛtv. Fr hr, îdiyz arîz ât v ɖ prôses v pêntñ. Š wrcs wɖ ɖ pênt, conšsli n sbconšsli prizrvñ n rjctñ mācs untl š sīz ɖe r alîv wɖ ɖ eṇji n pâr ɖt š cnsidrz rît. T lūz atačmnt t eni fiğṛtv refṛnt ɖt me hv apird tù sn in ɖ prôses, š wl ofn trn a canvs n wrc on it fṛm dfṛnt pspctvz, pêntñ untl evri pāt v it wrcs. In ɖs we, š ačivz an īzi fluiḍti acrs ɖ srfis ɖt lcs az f it wr olwz ment t b jst so. Mran rmenz constntli alrt t ɖ unconšs oṗtyṇtiz v čans n tîm, ẇč š temprz wɖ conšs cntrol, scil n nolij t mc pêntñz ɖt r intnsli n ričli pârfl.

 'Joe's in Town', 2012, acrylic, paper, leather and collage on board, 55.2 x 87.6 cm. Collection of Walker Art Center, Minneopolis, Justin Smith Purchase Fund 2013.
‘Joe’s in Town’, 2012, acrylic, paper, leather and collage on board, 55.2 x 87.6 cm. Collection of Walker Art Center, Minneopolis, Justin Smith Purchase Fund 2013.

Ɖs Cêti Mran xibišn priznts a srve v hr wrc fṛm ɖ ten yirz v hr practis. Ɖ ŕlı̣r pêntñz tend t b mr lūsli jesčṛl, wɖ dnamic brušstrôcs alîv wɖ pêntd eṇji n sutli rič culr. Lêtr wrcs, ɖo mr strucčrd n dīteld, ofn wɖ add eḷmnts v colāž, nnɖls abând wɖ ɖ eṇji š dmandz v ol hr mācs. Īvn wɖn ɖ modist scêl v Mran’z pêntñz š ačivz a rmāc̣bl consntrešn v eṇji ɖt nvr fêlz t ʈril vywrz. Ɖen ɖr z ɖ pležr v sīcñ ât ɖ fiğṛtv imijri so tanṭlîzñli hintd at in ɖer intrigñ tîtlz.

'Beautiful Man', 2013, collage, acrylic and frame on board, 64.4 x 45.2 cm. Collection Scott and Cissy Wolfe
‘Beautiful Man’, 2013, collage, acrylic and frame on board, 64.4 x 45.2 cm. Collection Scott and Cissy Wolfe

Kretd bî Zība Āḍlan, Fândr/Drctr v Paṛsol ynit, ɖs xibišn z Cêti Mran’z frst mêjr sôlo prezntešn in a public Lundn instityšn. It z acumṗnid bî a fl-culr publicešn, printd in a limitd idišn v 500 copiz, a limitd-idišn print, alñ wɖ an edycešnl-ivnts prôgram v rletd twcs, Famli n Čildṛn wrcšops, a powtri wrcšop n Yʈprojcts.”

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