Megan Plunkett
The Already World
2 MAY 2025 until 14 JUN 2025
Opening – 2 MAY 2025, 6-9 pm
In Megan Plunkett’s second solo exhibition The Already World at Sweetwater, presented on the occasion of Gallery Weekend 2025, two new series of work comprise the exhibition: images of prop dollar bills shot in the desert beyond the outskirts of Los Angeles and mysterious portraits of heavyweight garbage bags. In her practice, she captures common objects and everyday scenes that disrupt viewers’ perception of the familiar by irrupting the common visual features.
Plunkett is interested in techniques of image making, questioning how images function in our everyday visual landscapes. With experience in forensic and objective photography, Plunkett crafts images with hidden details and unexpected twists achieved through a variety of analog photographic techniques.
Megan Plunkett
Dracula Moon Money, 2025
Inkjet print on Canson Platine Rag
Courtesy the artist and Sweetwater Berlin.
“What about the moon?” Carousel said. “What kind of money do they use on the moon?”
“Everything’s free on the moon,” Daniel said. “You don’t have to pay for anything there. You can just have whatever you need because you need it.”
“Com-moon-ism,” their mom said, but nobody paid her any attention.
Carousel said, “They should have money anyway, because money’s pretty. Can I have your coin collection when you die?”
“What if I need it when I’m dead, though?” Daniel asked.
Carousel dumped more coins out onto the floor. She said, “Then get a job.”
– Link, The Book of Love, p. 222-223
Megan Plunkett
TERRA $$
Inkjet print on Canson Platine Rag, 15.2 x 38.1 cm.
Courtesy the artist and Sweetwater Berlin.
