马特·康纳斯
מאט קונורס

Complaints III

source: wmagazine

In the wake of a critically acclaimed survey at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, in 2011, and 
a solo exhibition at MoMA PS1 in New York, in 2012, Matt Connors has been garnering some serious attention. His work is hard to pin down: Paintings take on a sculpture-like quality in the way they lean on the floor or sit within multiple frames like Russian nesting dolls. Connors, 41, often takes rubbings from his studio floor or drips wet paint from one painting to another, 
in the process testing the potential of abstraction. Next up for the New York– and L.A.–based artist is 
a solo exhibition starting April 17 at 
Canada gallery 
in Manhattan.
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source: picaorg

Matt Connors is an abstract artist interested in post-painterly concerns of the painting as an object. Connors was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1973, and received his MFA from Yale University School of Art in 2006. He has been featured in several recent solo exhibitions including: Cherry and Martin, Los Angles (2010); CANADA, New York (2008); Luttgenmeijer, Berlin (2008); The Breeder, Athens (2007); Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York (2005). Recent Group shows include: Praz-Delavallade, Paris (2010); and Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago (2008). He lives and works in Los Angeles.
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source: artspycn

马特·康纳斯对抽象绘画的创造力及其对意义的重建深信不疑。他的艺术实践将抽象主义用作了一种充满诗意的语言，忽视了存在于许多当代画作中的固定结局的主题，支持对绘画创作进行开放式探讨。通过重视非言语表达带来的愉悦感，探索概念化的创作技巧，大胆地借用一系列资源以及艺术史上的先例——包括中世纪的油画、排版设计以及现代诗歌的形式结构等——康纳斯重新阐释并且扩展了现代主义后期的一些叙述。虽然康纳斯的艺术创作过程看似冷静而又理智，但实际上他的画作一点也不冷淡或是讽刺。他将擦印画法、着色、渲染以及素描结合到一起，创造出了一个不同于惯常的表现性空间。