NYAB Event - Tilda Mann “To The Point”

Tilda Mann “To The Point”

Soho20 Chelsea Gallery

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Mann’s distinct compositional decisions offer structural cohesion with emotive resonance. Geometric play on the painted surface is accompanied by descriptive iconography; lines, shapes and colors assume characters of personal place, time and story. Communication flows between these various compositional parts, echoing architectural concepts of foundation. Embracing the basic outline of the house as the unifying compositional motif, Mann draws attention to the scope and permutations beyond the physical object. Through this body of work, Mann investigates the role of the hearth, and how one relates, at various stages of their life, to a habitat that is a familiar, and familial, constant. She considers the implications of the form’s apex, in particular, as it encourages her to compose with upward directionality. Impressing notions of mobility and momentum, Mann illustrates how the steadfast structure of a home acts as an anchor along an individual’s longitudinal, narrative journey. She deconstructs the four walled structure to open up possibilities of the home as a sort of metronome — a chronographic witness to our lives, even long after we’ve left.