Tony Matelli
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"In keeping with Matelli's ongoing themes of desolation, panic, ambivalence, despair and occasionally hope, his anti-monuments coalesce to present a central theme: the indeterminable.
Time marches on, deteriorating some things, giving new life to others, or leaving some in perpetual limbo. Whether referencing 17th century Vanitas painting or a graffitied surface, Matelli refers to a range of visual stimuli without prizing one over the next. He forces a reckoning with the everyday, mundane object through his fastidiously rendered, hyperrealist artworks revealing something potentially profound.
Thriving on dualities, extreme opposites, and exhaustive tension Matelli's work revels in conceptual contradictions. Yet through this complexity he maintains communicative clarity, giving the viewer a direct and honest response."
Falkenrot Preis 2011: Tony Matelli
29th April - 22nd May 2011
Tues - Sun, 2 - 7 pm
(on 29th April, 2-10 pm)
Opening: Thursday, 28th April 2011, from 7 pm
Kottbusser Str. 10