Tony Matelli Chicago, IL, USA, b. 1971
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© Tony Matelli Studio
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Matelli has gained recognition for his hyper-realistic artworks, which utilize various techniques and materials.
Закончил Институт искусства и дизайна в г. Милуоки (США) со степенью бакалавра изящных искусств и Академию искусств в г. Кранбрук (Канада) со степенью магистра изящных искусств.
“Реализм никогда не был моей главной целью. Мой подход к созданию скульптур всегда заключался в ясности и точности сюжета. Я хочу, чтобы человек изначально воспринимал объект, а не “читал его описание” – чтобы люди прочли историю в самой работе.”
– Тони Мателли
Реалистичные работы Мателли, выполненные с использованием различных техник и материалов — от окрашенной бронзы до зеркал, силикона и найденных объектов — изображают человеческие фигуры, животных, растения и случайные объекты. Размещенные в необычной обстановке и словно вырванные из контекста привычной среды, работы вызывают глубокие эмоции у зрителя, исследуют темы уязвимости, одиночества, стойкости и сопротивления окружающим обстоятельствам. Неизменная борьба юмора и пессимизма, присущая всем работам Мателли, — это реакция на сложность внутренних противоречий на фоне абсурдности мелких повседневных конфликтов.
“The realism of my work was never the point. My approach to object making has always been about clarity and precision. The depictions are meant to be fairly seamless. I want someone to initially experience the subject rather than ‘reading’ it. I want them absorbed in the work. Therefore, I feel the presentation of the idea needs be fairly neutral or even artless.”
– Tony MatelliSelected public and private collections:
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark)
Arken Museum of Modern Art (Ishøj, Denmark)
Bergen Kunstmuseum (Bergen, Norway)
Bonnier Collection (Stockholm, Sweden)
The Davis Museum (Wellesley, MA, USA)
Fundacion La Caixa (Madrid, Spain)
FRAC Bordeaux (France)
Mudam Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Musee d’Arte Contemporain (Montreal, Canada)
Museum Ludwig (Cologne, Germany)
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, New Zealand)
Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar, Netherlands)
Philbrook Museum of Art (Tulsa, OK, USA) -
Works
Tony Matelli Chicago, IL, USA, b. 1971
Lost & Sick, 1996Epoxy resin, plaster and paint200,7 × 254 × 221 cmFurther images
“I wanted to create a work that emphatically rejected community. I aimed to make an anti-social sculpture. The boys in the sculpture are navigating the complex lessons of responsibility, maturity,...“I wanted to create a work that emphatically rejected community. I aimed to make an anti-social sculpture. The boys in the sculpture are navigating the complex lessons of responsibility, maturity, and adulthood. But they’re also failing. This is their first test, and they’re failing on the proving grounds of adulthood.” – Tony Matelli
Lost & Sick captures a moment of crisis, where three young Boy Scouts are physically distressed, their vomiting symbolizing internal turmoil. The scene is left unresolved, making the viewer a witness to an ambiguous moment, unsure of how it began or how it will end. Matelli’s work highlights the tension between innocence and failure, inviting reflection on the fragile journey from childhood to adulthood.
"Lost & Sick was difficult because it was the first big thing I ever made, and I did it all myself while working art assistant jobs. It took about a year with that schedule… after making that work, I felt like i could make just about anything that i could imagine." – Tony Matelli
Exhibitions
Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego. 23 Jan – 30 Apr 2000
To Be Real. Yerba Buena Center for the Visual Arts, San Francisco 1997Publications
To Be Real. By R. de Guzman, San Francisco, 1997
A Fresh Hell: Tony Matelli’s Morality Tales of Catastrophes. By R. Jones, Siksi Playlist Spring, 1997. pp. 10 – 11
Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art. By T. Kamps, San Diego, 2000. page 34 and cover
Tony Matelli. By L. Fischman, New York, 2003. pp. 17 – 18, 44, 72Exhibitions-
Naturally Naked
Group Exhibition 15 Aug - 28 Dec 2019 -
Mutated Reality
Group Exhibition 27 Nov 2015 - 2 Mar 2016 -
Olaf Breuning, Tony Matelli, John Miller
Group Exhibition 21 Mar - 15 Jun 2014 -
Tony Matelli. The Idiot
Personal exhibition 23 Sep - 28 Dec 2009 -
Tony Matelli. Survival
Personal Show 18 Sep - 30 Dec 2008 -
Bad Planet
Group Exhibition 15 Apr - 14 May 2008
Publications-
Mutated Reality
2016Paperback, 64 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gary Tatintsian Gallery
ISBN: 978-5-9906881-3-1
Dimensions: 220×290 mm -
Olaf Breuning, Tony Matelli, John Miller
2014Paperback, 128 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gary Tatintsian Gallery
ISBN: 978-5-9906881-4-8
Dimensions: 220 × 290 mm -
Tony Matelli. Survival 1
2008Paperback, 32 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gary Tatintsian Gallery
Dimensions: 220 x 290 мм -
Tony Matelli. Survival 2
2008Paperback, 96 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gary Tatintsian Gallery
Dimensions: 220 x 290 mm -
We can do it
2005Paperback, 50 pagesRead more
Publisher: Gary Tatintsian Gallery
Dimensions: 220 x 290 mm
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