Artist Information:
Matthew Chase
brooklyn, NY
United States
Member Since: Sep 2004
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Artist Statement:
GERMINATION
Even the most casual ob server
notices trash that litters our
city. Cigarette butts, and
plastic bottles clog our
gutters and sidewalks. These
discards, like the graffiti
and the cracks in the
pavement, are forms entropy.
They represent the natural
chaos permeating our high-tech
cities. Even here natural law
prevails.
On my walks through Brooklyn,
I selectively collect these
materials, foraging for
specific discards like: orange
plastic, Newport boxes, pink
straws, and blue paper. Back
in the studio I deconstruct
these finds: boiling gum,
blending paper, shredding
plastic etc. Like the
decomposition of a fallen
tree, I transform the detritus
into raw material. Decomposing
the indecomposable.
Piece by piece, fiber by
fiber, these bright, colorful
substances are reformed on the
walls, floors, and ceilings of
the gallery. The application
is slow and piecemeal like the
germination of a fungus.
I am driven by the idea of
creating my own ecology.
Completing a missing link in
the cycle of life by giving
our waste a means to
regenerate.
Growing out of cracks and
across the walls of the
sterile environment of a
gallery, the forms resemble
the pests and molds we so
meticulously attempt to
eradicate. Orange blades of
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Matthew Chase's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Matthew Chase's Portfolio. Browse Chase's body of work: GERMINATION
Even the most casual ob server notices trash that litters our city. Cigarette butts, and plastic bottles clog our gutters and sidewalks. These discards, like the graffiti and the cracks in the pavement, are forms entropy. They represent the natural chaos permeating our high-tech cities. Even here natural law prevails.
On my walks through Brooklyn, I selectively collect these materials, foraging for specific discards like: orange plastic, Newport boxes, pink straws, and blue paper. Back in the studio I deconstruct these finds: boiling gum, blending paper, shredding plastic etc. Like the decomposition of a fallen tree, I transform ... |
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untitled, 2004
Color Photograph,
8 x 10 inches
Price: US$ 50
€: 31
UK £: 24
¥en: 4966
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