Pause, Play: Selected Works by Jonathan Monaghan
April 09, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the entire world to literally hit the “pause” and “play” buttons.
One can no longer experience life and the different types of interactions once enjoyed with each other in the same manner. Monaghan’s work is prophetic and sobering. His work has long addressed similar ideas involving veneer aesthetics, hidden-in-plain-sight power structures and politics, blind consumer behavior and the romanticization of an otherwise unattainable future.
“Pause, Play” is curated by Taras W. Matla, Associate Director of the University of Maryland Art Gallery. This online exhibition is made possible, in part, by a generous grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. Additional support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund.