Sculpture by Michelle Matson[/caption]
Matson is included in an exhibition at Postmasters this month titled 'This is What Sculpture Looks Like' - a survey of new ideas in sculpture from the new generation of female artists bursting onto the New York contemporary scene. Roberta Smith from The New York Times noted 'The best things about this overflowing group show of sculptures by 16 artists are its freewheeling spirit and sprawling diversity of approaches, materials and subjects, as well as its exclusively female roster. To a degree, these factors balance the weaker, more conventional inclusions. Among the show’s standouts... Michelle Matson who lampoons public art, adding paper apples and banana peels to a Sheetrock mock-up of a sculpture, as if it were already dotted with colorful garbage.' New York Times July 24th 2014. Matson has been featured in Beautiful Decay as well as being a contestant on America's Work of Art. To follow Michelle's career or purchase Michelle's range of prints visit her PROFILE page at www.twfineart.com.
Michelle Matson's Art in the New York Times!
Talented, tenacious, smart and determined, Michelle Matson is gaining the critical respect long since established with her artistic contemporaries. Walking past Michelle's paper sculptures as a student at the School of Visual Arts was always an exciting experience. I found it remarkable how she could transform a traditionally soft, delicate material into such hard hitting, grotesquely comical sculptures. Primarily a sculptor, Michelle is an amazing craftsperson, wowing as much with the 'build' as with the content of her work. I remember a portrait that she once made of her partner at the time of us studying at SVA, there was a technical quality to the painting that was impressive but also an undefinable mystery that she achieved through the way it was painted. Her commitment to craftsmanship and materiality has only strengthened since then and it is amazing to see her work as it has evolved to this point.
[caption id="attachment_9974" align="alignleft" width="213"] Sculpture by Michelle Matson[/caption]
Matson is included in an exhibition at Postmasters this month titled 'This is What Sculpture Looks Like' - a survey of new ideas in sculpture from the new generation of female artists bursting onto the New York contemporary scene. Roberta Smith from The New York Times noted 'The best things about this overflowing group show of sculptures by 16 artists are its freewheeling spirit and sprawling diversity of approaches, materials and subjects, as well as its exclusively female roster. To a degree, these factors balance the weaker, more conventional inclusions. Among the show’s standouts... Michelle Matson who lampoons public art, adding paper apples and banana peels to a Sheetrock mock-up of a sculpture, as if it were already dotted with colorful garbage.' New York Times July 24th 2014. Matson has been featured in Beautiful Decay as well as being a contestant on America's Work of Art. To follow Michelle's career or purchase Michelle's range of prints visit her PROFILE page at www.twfineart.com.
Sculpture by Michelle Matson[/caption]
Matson is included in an exhibition at Postmasters this month titled 'This is What Sculpture Looks Like' - a survey of new ideas in sculpture from the new generation of female artists bursting onto the New York contemporary scene. Roberta Smith from The New York Times noted 'The best things about this overflowing group show of sculptures by 16 artists are its freewheeling spirit and sprawling diversity of approaches, materials and subjects, as well as its exclusively female roster. To a degree, these factors balance the weaker, more conventional inclusions. Among the show’s standouts... Michelle Matson who lampoons public art, adding paper apples and banana peels to a Sheetrock mock-up of a sculpture, as if it were already dotted with colorful garbage.' New York Times July 24th 2014. Matson has been featured in Beautiful Decay as well as being a contestant on America's Work of Art. To follow Michelle's career or purchase Michelle's range of prints visit her PROFILE page at www.twfineart.com.