Ramblin Rose. From the series Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise, 2018 © Patty Carroll
Mad Mauve. Suffocation by colour. From the series Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise, 2018 © Patty Carroll
Over the past four years, American artist Patty Carroll’s life has been in a state of flux as the question of home has had her turned upside down. While managing a move from her primary residence in Indiana to a new apartment and studio in Chicago, Carroll was simultaneously doing renovations on a place in Miami.
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“Home became an overwhelming situation of ‘What the hell am I doing?’ and ‘Where am I today?’” Carroll laughs. “It was more than I could deal with. Houses were doing me in.”
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But rather than go under, Carroll transformed the sensation of chaos and impending doom into a series of photographs entitled Domestic Demise, which opens at Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston on January 19.
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The latest chapter in Carroll’s ongoing Anonymous Women project, Domestic Demise takes the game of Cluedo as its departure point, staging lavishly decorated scenes inside rooms like the Conservatory, Library, Kitchen, and Hall. Here, the titular ‘Anonymous Woman’ meets her untimely end. The moral of the story: The perfect home is a catastrophe in the making – but at least you will go out in style. You might even say, “Death becomes her”.
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Booky. From the series Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise, 2018 © Patty Carroll
Springing Vined.. From the series Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise, 2018 © Patty Carroll