Tony Matelli Chicago, IL, USA, b. 1971
Rope, 2014
Silicone and stainless steel
150 × 140 × 15 cm
“The first rope I made was in the “shape” of a person. I looked at it later and immediately realized it was a mistake to give it an image. I...
“The first rope I made was in the “shape” of a person. I looked at it later and immediately realized it was a mistake to give it an image. I just needed remove the reference, it needed to loose its specificity. Now they are just sort of abstractions in space, they can be many things at once.”
– Tony Matelli
Exhibitions
Olaf Breuning, Tony Matelli, John Miller. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow. Mar–June 2014Mystifiers. NCCA, Moscow. Feb–Mar 2016
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