ART
Tony Matelli - Abandon |
Written 30 January |
Wednesday 28 January, 12:00Palais do Tokyo, 75016 [map]
For Matelli, an American contemporary artist and sculptor living and working in New York, weeds are ‘the horticultural equivalent of a zit,’ and ‘represent a breakdown, either a failure or refusal to fight the perfunctory battle against entropy. One weed is a forgivable blemish. Overgrowth is hopeless abandon. Overgrowth inside is the cultivation of abandonment, a rewriting of rules. The celebration of failure.’
Intruding into the artistic space, these bronze painted weeds persevere. Using different material-resin, pvc and paint, Matelli sets up moments in life for us to reflect upon- a group of teenagers lost in the forest or a sleepwalker dressed only in her underpants. Taking a hyperrealist angle, Matelli is the type of artist to often take an ironic and dream-like look at the more absurd aspects of our daily lives.
