{"id":12211,"date":"2022-12-13T17:55:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=12211"},"modified":"2022-12-13T18:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:18:41","slug":"chason-matthams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/chason-matthams\/","title":{"rendered":"Chason Matthams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Chason Matthams’<\/a> focus is on capturing the ephemeral experience of consciousness and pointing to its fragmentary nature. While at first glance his paintings seem to be contemplative experiments in mimesis, prolonged looking reveals threatening undertones. Matthams\u2019 employs specific combinations of colors, angles of perspective, and exhaustive detail to anthropomorphize each of his subjects, rendering them just barely sinister. Flitting between mechanical and organic objects, Matthams\u2019 exacting brushwork is the connective thread leading our eye through every sumptuous detail.<\/p>\n

Matthams graduated with a BFA in Fine Art from New York University in 2004 and an MFA from New York University in 2012. Previous solo exhibitions include\u00a0A Hell for Rainbows<\/em>, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY (2019);\u00a0Advances, None Miraculous<\/em>, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY (2015); and Tyler Wood Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2019, 2013). He was included in\u00a0Blossom<\/em>, a three person exhibition with Ted Pim and Marisa Takal organized by the Tong Art Advisory at the Artron Art Centre, Shenzhen, CN (2021); and his work was included in Artforum\u2019s \u201cPortfolios\u201d feature<\/a> in March 2020.<\/p>\n

Previous group exhibitions include\u00a0Stockholm Sessions<\/em>\u00a0at Carl Kosty\u00e1l, Stockholm, Sweden (2021);\u00a0Nature Morte<\/em>\u00a0at The Hole, New York, NY (2021); Cynthia Daignault\u2019s\u00a0The Certainty of Others<\/em>, Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY (2017);\u00a0L\u2019IM_MAGE_N<\/em>, Ashes\/Ashes, New York, NY (2017);\u00a0Break Out<\/em>, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels, Belgium (2015); and\u00a0Beyond the Pale<\/em>, Interstate, Brooklyn, NY (2014).<\/p>\n

The book mentioned at the end of the interview is The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World, <\/i>a 2009 book written by psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist<\/a>\u00a0that deals with the specialist\u00a0hemispheric functioning<\/a> of the brain.<\/p>\n

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Chason Matthams, Corsage (aqua, blue, pink), 2022, Oil on linen over panel, 24 x 30 in., 61 x 76.2 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chason Matthams, Untitled (RED, Sebastian rig – slider), 2021, Oil on panel, 72 x 60 in., 182.9 x 152.4 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chason Matthams, Untitled (Fuji GX680, orange\/purple), 2022, Oil on linen over panel, 36 x 29 in., 91.4 x 73.7 cm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Chason Matthams’ focus is on capturing the ephemeral experience of consciousness and pointing to its fragmentary nature. While at first glance his paintings seem to be contemplative experiments in mimesis, prolonged looking reveals threatening undertones. Matthams\u2019 employs specific combinations of colors, angles of perspective, and exhaustive detail to anthropomorphize each of his subjects, rendering them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wybcxlogoforweb-big-1sq-e1491800568261.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12211"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12249,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12211\/revisions\/12249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}