Vohra’s Creepers

Rosie Vohra (1992 - )

acrylic and ink on canvas

2022

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: England
    Place: Manchester, DCMS Hub

    The term ‘Creepers’ used in the title of this painting is taken from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist 19th-century short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, which takes the form of a secret diary written by a young married woman who is suffering from postnatal depression. During strict bed rest and separated from her baby, the protagonist starts to notice unsettling things about her room, specifically the wallpaper in which she starts to see sinister patterns and trapped figures. 

    For Rosie Vohra this story felt particularly relevant as many of us have become intensely familiar with our domestic spaces during Covid-19. The two figures in this painting are drawn from an image of mime artists, Jean Soubeyran and Brigitte Soubeyran. Miming involves acting out a story with the body, without the use of speech, similar to the creeping women in The Yellow Wallpaper. The Creepers occupy an interior cave-like space made from stone and marble. As in The Yellow Wallpaper, they too are stuck in the material of their surroundings.

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  • Details
    Artist
    Rosie Vohra (1992 - )
    Title
    Vohra’s Creepers
    Date
    2022
    Medium
    acrylic and ink on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 203.0 cm; width: 153.0 cm; depth: 5.0 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from the artist, March 2022
    Provenance
    The artist; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 28 March 2022
    GAC number
    19055