Ati Romeu

'Ati Romeu’s practice offers us simple seeming structures, forms and colours. It uses soft, but sturdy recognisable material like grey board and or off the shelf wood. But what about these dreamy chains? These latest works are a layer of curving loops; strains and links of misremembered protein molecules or cartoon chain necklaces that think they are thought bubbles. They float and dance like gymnastic ribbons about to be snatched up out of the air. The field they move over is unclear; a layer of white clouds blurs and pastelizes; it dry-wash over what might have been neon blue, canary yellow, lolly pop pink? So, the ribbons and chains warp over baby blue orbs and powder pink sunsets. And what we are left to witness are non-confrontational flags who have shirked the question of singular allegiance or identity and just want to be clouds. Works announcing their refusal to announce.

 

Written by Jay Tan