About

Diane Chappalley uses a highly symbolic and poetic language to address personal experiences that images can sometimes describe more accurately than words. In her first solo show with Taymour Grahne Projects, Chappalley paints a circle of inner death, rebirth and resilience to address traumatic memory. She sees art making as a means to exorcise and externalise parts of her psyche, as well as a form of escapism that creates a new reality within reality.

In this specific body of work, the snake – a protagonist encountered frequently in Chappalley’s work – represents the unwanted presence of …