Megan Stroech
I utilize fabric cutouts and collaged found materials to explore the
dichotomies of realness and artificiality, image and object, and
commonplace and luxury, referencing the subjects of domesticity,
still life, and the body. Decorative prints of fruits, florals, and
faux surfaces interact with large swaths of felt and other craft
materials in arrangements that seem at once familiar and foreign
to the viewer. I am interested in how the implied movement of
these visual forms and the collapsing of space can function as
an analogy to the idea of domestic space as a construction that
is always in flux. The forms in the work are often abstracted
images from home interior how-to books such as guides to
houseplant care, DIY window coverings, and other traditionally
feminine domestic pursuits. Through the insertion of elements of
discovery and recognizable objects in the work, such as flowers,
lamp shades or eyelashes, I invite the viewer to reference their
own everyday experience, whether it is a connection to a specific
material or a piece’s overall form.