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| Subject | [fesars] Matt Anderson Reception: September 6, 6-8 PM | ||||
| From | "LFL Gallery" <lflgallery@yahoo.com> | ||||
| Date | 28 Aug 2001 17:05:21 -0000 |
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For more works by Matt Anderson click here. September 6 to October 13, 2001 Reception: September 6, 6-8 PM LFL Gallery is pleased to announce that we will be kicking off the fall season with an exhibition of paintings by Matt Anderson. The exhibition will consist of a group of intimate portraits of strangers and landscapes; subjects taken from orphaned snapshots which Anderson discovered in boxes on sidewalks, or for sale in street stalls. Through his process of engagement with these indexes of once-human presence (images that once meant a great deal to someone), he lovingly re-creates them with the more traditional technique of oil on board, imbuing them with new energy, meaning and value. His subject choices are never random: there is always something, like a stance, a piece of clothing or an essence for which he feels a strange affinity or nostalgia. These forgotten memories and individuals are memorialized: notions of time, past, present and future begin to change and Anderson enters into a familiar relationship with the unknown. Once in the gallery, the viewer may feel that he/she is looking at Anderson's friends and family - but, whoever they are or were, they still remain anonymous to all. An important aspect of this process is his desire to celebrate his own past by choosing images of the lower/middle class white American. Born in Missouri, Matt Anderson now lives and works in
Brooklyn, New York. This will be Matt Anderson's first solo exhibition.
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Matt Anderson, untitled, oil on board, 4"x 5", 2001 |
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