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1614 Latimer Street |
 Weenie Nose digital inkjet |
Matthew
Lawrence
Fear Of Weenie Boys Is The Beginning of Salvation May 19 - July 12, 2000 |
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reception Friday, May 19, 2000 5:30 7:00 p.m. Matthew Lawrence’s large-scale, richly-glittered woodblock prints are about abundance, desire, longing and lust -- a reflection of the “American Dream.” Lawrence employs rich coatings of glitter summered in luscious wads of gloss and varnish, embedded in fields of pigments. Thematically, Lawrence’s work has a comedic savagery that explores the darker side of humor. The appreciation of his prints may be equated to “channel surfing”, a reckless bounding back and forth among images steeped in pop culture. The large scale of many of Lawrence’s pieces infringe on the viewers space both physically and psychologically. “My work is a visual feast, candy coated and sickly sweet. I want my work to be like a visual punch-line to a bad joke that plays over in the viewer’s head again and again.” In addition to the “Glitter Prints,” the artist will exhibit a series of computer manipulated self-portraits which explore the notion of “self” and the desire for physical perfection. Ranging from the humorous, to the bizarre to the grotesque, the images comment on the fundamental notion of beauty. The work is photo-based and plays into the classical notion of the photograph as truth. These two bodies of work may seem disparate, but Lawrence provides the connection, “Although there is a very obvious jump from a glittery woodcut to a photo-based inkjet, the underlying message is still the same- ME ME ME ME ME ME and the American Dream.” Lawrence’s work has been included in several international traveling exhibitions including; Elvis + Marylin: 2xImmortal which visited eleven museums in the United States before traveling to Japan, and Philadelphia Prints USA, a printmaking exhibition sponsored by The Print Club of Philadelphia which traveled to Estonia and Latvia. See Juan Logans exhibition , also currently at The Print Center See Cheryl Kolak Dudeks exhibition , also currently at The Print Center See The Print Centers last show>> |
About
The Print Center Founded in 1915, The Print Center's mission is to support printmaking and photography as vital contemporary arts and to encourage the appreciation of the printed image in all its forms. The Print Center has featured the work of well known artists such as Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Ansel Adams and Art Spiegelman. Today, The Print Center holds approximately 11 exhibitions annually, The Print Center Series continuing education program, residencies, mentoring opportunities for artists, and original artwork for sale in The Print Center Galley Store. Membership numbers over 2,000. Upcoming Events GOP: Girls on Politics: Posters by the Guerrilla Girls - read more The Print Center Salon: An opportunity for printmakers and photographers to participate in an open dialogue and informal critique with peers and with a different art professional each month. * Read more about The Print Center's new Curator of Prints and Photographs, Jaqueline Van Rhyn |