MATT BOLLINGER: DIY
March 22鈥揂pril 22, 2018
Paintings, Drawings, and Stop-motion Animations by Matt Bollinger
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 22, 5:30鈥�7 p.m.
Artist鈥檚 talk: Thursday, March 29, 4 鈥� 5 PM, Schick Art Gallery
John Yau Talk: Tuesday, April 17, 5 p.m.
Noted poet and art critic John Yau will participate in a wide-ranging discussion on
artist Matt Bollinger鈥檚 work, recent developments in contemporary art, writing art
criticism, and the connection between poetry and visual art.
The Schick Art Gallery presents Matt Bollinger: DIY, a solo exhibition of paintings, drawings and videos by Matthew Bollinger. Based on invented narrative and memory, Bollinger鈥檚 work depicts moments from the everyday lives of semi-fictional characters. His paintings are rich with the kind of detail we tend to ignore or reject鈥擯ost-it notes stuck to a computer screen, drunken graffiti scrawled on bathroom tiles. They鈥檙e suffused with moody light, marked by unexpected bursts of color, and enriched by subtle complexities鈥攁 silhouette in a doorway, a figure reflected in rippling water.
While Bollinger鈥檚 paintings are discrete works unto themselves, they have a symbiotic relationship with his videos. Photographing each progressive state of the canvas, he uses the resulting images to create stop-motion animations. There鈥檚 little action in these quietly compelling videos: A woman knocks ash from a cigarette, light moves across a wall. You see into the characters鈥� lives as you鈥檙e watching the creation of the video; a double drama ensues, the experience of viewing intensified by Bollinger鈥檚 open and inventive process.
Matt Bollinger was born in 1980 in Kansas City, Missouri. He received his BFA from
the Kansas City Art Institute in 2003 and his MFA in painting from the Rhode Island
School of Design in 2007. He is represented by Galerie Z眉rcher in NYC. He is assistant
professor of art and design at the State University of New York College at Purchase,
and lives and works in Holmes, N.Y.
Bollinger will speak about his work on Thursday, March 29, at 4 p.m. in the Schick
Art Gallery; on Friday, March 30, he will critique with Skidmore art students.
All events at the Schick Gallery are free and open to the public.
Gallery hours:
Monday鈥揟hursday 10鈥�6, Friday 10鈥�4, Saturday and Sunday noon鈥�4
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