Saturday, January 7, 2012

SAATCHI - THE END OF THE WORLD




I entered the Saatchi Online Showdown with my piece The End of The World, a 50-centimeter square collage on canvas from 2008. The piece made it through the first round of 1900 to the final 300. To see it up close, "like" the work. or pass it along: Saatchi Matthew Rose Collage Showdown Competition.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

UN<>CUT : WINTER 2011




UN<>CUT MAGAZINE just published its Winter 2011 issue and in its many beautiful pages, you'll find a short text and portfolio of my GOD & COUNTRY works on paper.

See the digital preview here. Copies are available (print and digitital) here: UN<>CUT.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Her Royal Majesty At Le Carmen Paris


The launch party for the 11th issue of Her Royal Majesty is tomorrow, November the 1st at Le Carmen (75009, metro Pigalle).

The magazine will be available for sale at a discounted price at the party, and original artwork by Matthew Rose and Cara Tobe will be exhibited, along with special edition artists' prints of work featured in Her Royal Majesty by Mia Funk, Rosy Lamb, Grant Creegan and Lendl Barcelos.

There will be three performances, all female duets, beginning at 9:30pm.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Occupy This









































Letterpress print, Fuck You & Your Politics, produced by Swiss artist and letterpress printer, Fritz Sauter, was printed in an edition of 75. Each piece measures 32 x 25.75 cm on acid-free paper. There are 10 unnumbered, signed and dated artist proofs.

The stripped down work, all in black, is meant to mimic the politic posturing of early 20th century handbills.

Feel to reproduce this print/image on your websites, Right Wing, Left Wing, Republican, Democrat, Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street or just because you like the typeface.  We just ask that you include the URL of this post. Please leave comments.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

BIRD WATCHING WALL PAPER





Invite Audubon and friends into your home. Have a cup while you check out rare Nepalese species from your kitchen table.  Run a two-inch band of birds in a forest around your bedroom. Dream outloud.

BIRDPAPER, my new wall paper print made for the GOD & COUNTRY exhibition at STORIE PARIS is now available in linear square meters (110 x 90 cm).  The wall paper print will be produced at Burning Boy Press Paris.

DESIGN SPONGE recently wrote about it on their site: DESIGN SPONGE.

Wall to wall to wall installations are available, as well as rolls for do-it-yourself installations in bands or rectangles or squares.  The bird watching wall paper is made to order.

For more information on BIRDPAPER installations, please click:  CONTACT.

Fine art, 30 x 40 cm, signed and dated prints of Birdpaper, are available from : KEEP CALM GALLERY in LONDON.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

CHELSEA MUSEUM NYC: NURTUREART BENEFIT



































BE DE STILJ NATURE MORTE (BIRDPAPER), 2011, a work on paper from the GOD & COUNTRY series, will be part of the Nurture Art benefit exhibition at The Chelsea Art Museum.

The benefit opens on October 11 at the Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York NY.

More information: http://nurtureart.artcat.com/work.php?id=932

Monday, September 12, 2011

Yaya Dials Up God




My god daughter, Yaya, 10, dials in to Talk To God, at the God & Country exhibition, September 2011, at Storie, 20 Rue Delambre, 75014 Paris. The exhibition continues through the end of September. The calls are free.

Monday, August 29, 2011

SANGRIA, 2011 : EDITION (33)



Sangria, an edition of 33 painted bottles. 20011. The works symbolize the symbol of the blood of Christ, which is wine.  This view is an installation of the works, along with Red Star, Yellow Ground, a gouache on canvas, 2009.  These and other works will be viewable at GOD & COUNTRY at STORIE, from 30 August to 30 September, with a vernissage on Thursday, 1 September.  20 Rue Delambre 75014, Paris.  See: http://www.storieblog.com/

Saturday, August 20, 2011

THE THIRD EYE 2011






































Collage on paper, 2011. 24 x 29.5 cm.  GOD & COUNTRY, STORIE, PARIS opening, September 1, 2011.  For all information contact STORIE.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

DEPRESSION 2011





































DEPRESSION 2011, collage on paper, 24 x 29.5 cm. For the GOD & COUNTRY exhibition, opening 1 September 2011 at STORIE, 20 Rue Delambre 75014 Paris, France. 

A BOOK ABOUT DEATH, A BOOK ABOUT BIRDS







































Dear A Book About Death / Dear A Book About Birds.  Two works for the ABAD exhibition, The Ties That Bind taking place at The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery, Bay Shore, New York. 

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

GOD & COUNTRY






































Poster for GOD &amp; COUNTRY, featuring new works on paper at STORIE in Paris – 20 Rue Delambre 75014 (Montparnasse).  Exhibition opens on 30 August with a vernissage on 1 September.

Interview with Eve Jackson, France 24, about the exhibition.

Download the high resolution PDF for the exhibition: GOD &amp; COUNTRY.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Monday, June 27, 2011

Babblers 2011

Babblers, 2011. 29.5 x 23.5 cm.  Collage on paper.

The series comprises some 75 works, each on paper.

Interested? Contact: Babblers.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

SLASHSTROKE: THE INTERVIEW















































Just out.  An interview with Slashstroke Magazine (UK). Included are specially produced collage works for the FAUX/ZEN issue. 

Read the interview here: http://www.slashstrokemagazine.com/issue_004/story_04.php

Saturday, May 7, 2011

EDITIONS AUCTION: PHILLIPS NYC JUNE 8 2011

Exhibition/Auction at Phillips de Pury, NYC: Editions. 

Set for June 8, 2011.  Full catalog online and in print available here: MATTHEW ROSE PAINTINGS PORTFOLIO: EDITIONS PHILLIPS DE PURY.

The sale focuses on a wide range of editions on paper. Nearly 100 artists are represented in some 200 lots, including Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Gober, Jasper Johns, Walton Ford, Sherrie Levine, Matthew Barney, Brice Marden, Cy Twombly and Ed Rusha among others.

A print and online catalog is available directly from Phillips de Pury.

This group of silkscreens, Paintings, was exhibited first in Paris in 1999, then in Antwerp, Belgium in 2000. They are currently installed in the permanent collection of The Boca Raton Museum of Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida.  The texts are directly derived from post card captions and serves to make concrete the potency of "word as image" as well as a range of typographic, printing and cultural concerns and notations of how we view and understand art. At the base of this group is a fascination with language and its presentation as a filter for understanding the visual.

CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

LOT 169
MATTHEW ROSE
Paintings portfolio, 1999
The complete set of seven screenprints, on Rives BFL Moulin d'Gou paper, with full margins, with accompanying postcard,  all I. various sizes; all S. 29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in. (75.9 x 57.2 cm)  all signed, dated "1999" and numbered "2/3 AP" in pencil on the reverse (artist's proofs, the edition was 10), published by Michel Hosszu, Paris, the palest offsetting on the reverse, still life with minor soiling at upper right, otherwise all in very good condition, all unframed.  ESTIMATE $2,000-3,000

See entry, here.


Sunday, May 1, 2011

ROSY & KARTHIK BOTTLES


























































































Made for their wedding here in Paris 23 April 2011.  Rosy is a painter, Karthik is an engineer. 

Friday, April 22, 2011

MAIL ARTISTS INDEX






































Short article on my activities before and during The Paris Correspondence School on the Mail Artists Index from Lutz Wohlrab.  See: MAIL ARTISTS INDEX.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

CUTTING EDGES: REVIEW EN ESPANOL


Cutting Edges Book Review in Spanish

Poco después vendría su conversación con esta increíble editorial exploradora de la cultura visual (tan apabullante), Gestalten, y la edición de un riquísimo trabajo que, tras su prefacio, desarrolla contextual izando el texto, ya más académico, el Dr. Silke Krohn. El profesor realiza un recorrido revelador sobre la historia del collage antes de darnos paso a la catalogación de un increíble trabajo de 83 artistas (de los cuales hay 5 españoles) que utilizan técnicas diversas, más o menos mixtas, convertidos en expertos diseñadores-diletantes, informáticos que presentan trabajos pulidos en la técnica a través del ordenador y artesanos minuciosos de piezas primorosas. Todos ellos auténticos visionarios discursivos y generadores de universos fascinantes y posibles dentro de la imaginación de lo imposible, de la ruptura formal, de la adición, de nuevos constructos.

De la frialdad compositiva a la fascinación gestáltica que juega con ilusiones ópticas, de texturas dispares y técnicas mixtas, desde la denuncia a la exaltación eminentemente artística y compositiva, desde la inclinación vintage al acabado límpido y neofuturista, de la abstracción al los espacios de sentido y en un eclecticismo brillante, destacamos el trabajo de Julien Pacaud. Mario Wagner, Mira Ruido (del que ya os hemos hablado en alguna ocasión y que también se pasa a la imagen en movimiento), Jelle Martens (que ilustra la portada), Corinne von Lebusa, Bill Zindel, Greg Lamarche, Mario Zoots (de Modern Witch, del que también os hablamos aquí) y que nos evoca el recuerdo de Owleyes; Donna K, Alejandro Chavetta, Vlatka Horvat, Constantinos Chaidalis, Rodrigo de Filippis, Max-o-matic, Incola Starr, Cless, Clara Mata, Jesse Draxler, Virginia Echevarría, Valerie Roybal, Free Fred, Martin Vorwek, David Wallave, el propio Gallagher, John Gall, Emmanuel Polanco, Becha, Eduardo Recife, David Plunkert, Dani Sanchís, Angelica Paez, José I. Fernández, Lilliana Pereira, Vincent Pacheco, Alejandra Villasmil, Tara Hardy, Paul Burgess, Exo, Molokid, Karrem Rizk, Michael Bartalos, Matthew Rose, Javier Rodríguez, Greg Sand, Ashkan Honarwar o Kate Hate. Un listado, como dice el propio Gallagher, que no es el definitivo, ya que nos quedamos sin algunos trabajos como los de Calla Donofrio, Jorge Chamorro (del que también os comentamos algo más de una vez) o el de Rafafans, por citar a otros tres, entre millones, de hábiles de sentidos deconstructivos. Disfrútenlos. Corten, peguen, signifiquen.  Y, ahora, Ctrl.+G.
David Cano  20.04.11

Friday, April 15, 2011

LA MAISON: Heavy Lead




































LA MAISON, graphite on paper. 80 cm x 60 cm, 1997. Collection Betti Romersi, Rome, Italy.

I produced this and about a dozen other large drawings on paper using graphite in early 1997.  They were produced while during a stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts, 75004 Paris.  I was sponsored by The American Center in Paris.  What was interesting about producing these works was the repetition involved in making a space, a word or shape completely black.  I burned through a hundred No. 4 and 6 soft lead pencils.  I also began to take an interest in turning words into images, drawing them.

My stay at the Cité lasted until the following March (1998) and when I left I had left off drawing and begun producing collage and assemblage pieces on wood.

A number of these drawings still exist, the largest of which is more than 2 meters wide and a meter high and is called: ONE DAY NOTHING HAPPENED.  On that drawing, in graphite I designed the DUMB BUNNY, which has had a life in drawings, stencils, silkscreens and collage works.   

Right: Installation shot of LA MAISON in Betti Romersi's house in Rome, Italy.  (Click to enlarge). Romersi, a friend, artist and collector, sandwhiched this piece in a massive glass frame, a design out of her favorite decade, the 1970s. 

SLUT FOR LIFE & OTHER STORIES





Three new text works: SLUT FOR LIFE, BE DE STIJL & RETURN TO TENDER.

Friday, April 1, 2011

DUMB BUNNY: An Exchange With Sol LeWitt At MASS MOCA






































An Exchange with Sol LeWitt at Mass Moca in North Adams, Massachusetts these past few months brought nearly a thousand art works together to honor the late artist.  The concept was an exchange, a conversation, a dialogue. My Dumb Bunny, a stencil print in black, was sent in to speak my piece.  And since my great friend, the artist, Russell Steinert, was passing by the museum he espied my rabbit and took this photo insitu.  See Russell's paintings here.

DUMB BUNNY prints are also being offered for the Kickstarter Project for THE TIES THAT BIND.  For a $15 DONATION to the project you'll receive a print.  The project needs $1000 to fund musicians for the opening.  See all details here: THE TIES THAT BIND.