Fences, 2023
Cheryl Molnar’s collage-paintings combine archival and landscape photography with gouache painting to produce her characteristic heterotopian landscapes. Juxtaposing modernist architectural structures with rugged terrain and lush greenery, Molnar’s work reflects her preoccupation with human impact, spanning gentrification, displacement, and climate change. Although currently based in New York City, Molnar’s work also draws bicoastal inspiration from her childhood on Long Island and family ties to Southern California. Her composite landscapes superimpose past and present, giving formal expression to the imperfect experience of memory.