Matthew Deleget

Notations: The Cage Effect Today

Notations: The Cage Effect Today
Curated by Joachim Pissarro, Bibi Calderaro & Julio Grinblatt
Hunter College / Times Square Gallery
450 West 41st Street
New York, NY
February 17 - April 21, 2012
Opening: February 16, 6-8pm

Participating Artists:
William Anastasi, Soledad Arias, Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, Waltercio Caldas, Jose Damasceno, Hanne Darboven, Matthew Deleget, Liz Deschenes, Felipe Dulzaides, Leon Ferrari, Robert Filliou, Yukio Fujimoto, Nicolas Guagnini, Lynne Harlow, Douglas Huebler, Gareth James, David Lamelas, Reiner Leist, Jorge Macchi, Christian Marclay, Rivane Neuenschwander, Kaz Oshiro, Edgardo Rudnitzky, Fred Sandback, Frank Scheffer, Ushio Shinohara, Linda Stillman, Daniel Wurtzel

posted February 04, 2012 | Comments (0)| Tags: Bibi Calderaro, Exhibitions, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, Joachim Pissarro, John Cage, Julio Grinblatt

FutureShock OneTwo

FutureShock OneTwo
dr. julius | ap
Leberstrasse 60
D-10829 Berlin
Germany
www.dr-julius.de
January 26 - March 17, 2012
Opening: Thursday, January 26, 7 pm
Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 3–7 pm & by appointment

For the first exhibition in 2012 dr julius | ap will present FutureShock OneTwo, a group show featuring a selection of international artists from three continents.

The exhibition will showcase two components: first, current trends in the advancement of non-objective art; and second the potential of the philosophy behind this art to impact society. Participants will each display a work of theirs that they feel looks ahead towards the future. An important goal of this exhibition is to have the artists join a general discussion on the future of non-objective art, such as its potential to influence one‘s perspective on life, especially in comparison with narrative forms of art. Moreover, it is to explore the relation of art and value: in times of a fundamental crisis in the monetary system, can money really be the adequate equivalent in which to trade art? Is the work of the artist actually not more than money can ever be?

The exhibition will run from January 26 through March 17, 2012 and show works by the following artists:

John Aslandis [AUS]
Wolfgang Berndt [DE]
Hartmut Böhm [DE]
Monika Brandmeier [DE]
Matthew Deleget [US]
Edgar Diehl [DE]
Stephan Ehrenhofer [AT]
Daniel Göttin [CH]
Michael Graeve [AUS]
Marco Grassi [IT]
Anette Haas [DE]
José Heerkens [NL]
Gilbert Hsiao [US]
Pierre Juillerat [CH]
Károly Keserü [HU]
Siegfried Kreitner [DE]
Sabine Laidig [DE]
Josef Linschinger [AT]
Ray Malone [GB]
Riki Mijling [NL]
David Rhodes [GB]
Giles Ryder [AUS]
Tim Stapel [DE]
Maik Teriete [DE]
Wolfram Ullrich [DE]
Carles Valverde [ES]
Henriëtte van’t Hoog [NL]
Don Voisine [US]
Jan Maarten Voskuil [NL]
Burchard Vossmann [DE]
Guido Winkler [NL]

A catalogue for this exhibition will be published at Suface books, Darmstadt. It will be presented to the public on February 26, 2012 at the gallery.

Image:
Matthew Deleget, Shuffle (for Jose “Cheo” Feliciano), 2010
Acrylic, fluorescent and metallic acrylic on MDF
18 x 18 inches / 46 x 46 cm

posted January 03, 2012 | Comments (0)| Tags: Anette Haas, Burchard Vossmann, Carles Valverde, Daniel Gottin, David Rhodes, Don Voisine, dr. julius | ap, Edgar Diehl, Germany, Gilbert Hsiao, Giles Ryder, Guido Winkler, Hartmut Böhm, Henriëtte van’t Hoog, Jan Maarten Voskuil, John Aslandis, Jose Heerkens, Josef Linschinger, Károly Keserü, Maik Teriete, Marco Grassi, Matthew Deleget, Michael Graeve, Monika Brandmeier, Pierre Juillerat, Ray Malone, Riki Mijling, Sabine Laidig, Siegfried Kreitner, Stephan Ehrenhofer, Tim Stapel, Wolfgang Berndt, Wolfram Ullrich

Abstraction to the Power of Infinity

Abstraction to the Power of Infinity
American Abstract Artists
The Icebox / Crane Fine Arts
1400 N. American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
www.cranearts.com
www.americanabstractartists.org
November 3 - 27, 2011
Opening: Thursday, November 10, 6-9pm

American Abstract Artists presents Abstraction to the Power of Infinity, curated by Janet Kurnatowski. ABSTRACTION celebrates the perseverance of non-figurative and non-objective art, including the practitioners, pioneers and those currently working in the traditions of abstraction. This exhibition shows the recent work of 76 members of the American Abstract Artists (AAA), along with four guest exhibitors. The works exhibited span a variety of media including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, and digital computer art; vividly communicating with color, line, form and texture.

As one of the few artists’ organizations born of the Great Depression, the AAA was a pivotal force in the development and acceptance of abstract art in the US. The group’s continued vitality after 75 years is a testament to the power and reach of these non-objective art forms and points to an infinite future for abstraction…This exhibition is also a tribute to Will Barnet, an esteemed member of the AAA since 1954 and also the AAA’s first centenarian.

The artists included in the exhibition are:
Alice Adams, Steven Alexander, Eve Aschheim, Martin Ball, Will Barnet, Dennis Beach, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Power Boothe, Susan Bonfils, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, Marvin Brown, Kenneth Bushnell, James O. Clark, Mark Dagley, Matthew Deleget, Tom Doyle, Tom Evans, Gabriele Evertz, Kevin Finklea, Heidi Glück, Vito Giacalone, John Goodyear, Gail Gregg, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Charles Hinman, Gilbert Hsiao, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, Roger Jorgensen, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Steve Karlik, Marthe Keller, Victor Kord, Irene Lawrence, Mon Levinson, James Little, Jane Logemann, Vincent Longo, Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Stephen Maine, Rossana Martinez, David MacKenzie, Creighton Michael, Manfred Mohr, Judith Murray, Sharyn O’Mara, John Phillips, Corey Postiglione, Joan Webster Price, Raquel Rabinovich, Leo Rabkin, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau, David Row, James Seawright, Edward Shalala, Babe Shapiro, Louis Silverstein, Robert Storr, Peter Stroud, Robert Swain, Richard Timperio, Clover Vail, Vera Vasek, Don Voisine, Merrill Wagner, Joan Waltemath, Stephen Westfall, Mark Williams, Jeanne Wilkinson, Thornton Willis, Kes Zapkus, Nola Zirin

Exhibition curator Janet Kurnatowsk is the owner and director of Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Since opening its doors in 2004, the gallery has maintained a strong focus on showing abstract art from emerging talent as well as mid-career and established artists. Special thanks to The Golden Rule Foundation for making this exhibition possible.

Image:
Thornton Willis (left), Matthew Deleget (right)
Photo: Steven Alexander

posted November 03, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alice Adams, Babe Shapiro, Ce Roser, Cecily Kahn, Charles Hinman, Clover Vail, Corey Postiglione, Creighton Michael, Daniel G. Hill, David MacKenzie, David Row, Dennis Beach*, Don Voisine, Edward Shalala, Emily Berger, Eve Aschheim, Gabriele Evertz, Gail Gregg, Gilbert Hsiao, Great Depression, Heidi Gluck, Henry Brown, Irene Lawrence, Irene Rousseau, James Gross, James Juszczyk, James Little, James O. Clark, James Seawright, Jane Logemann, Janet Kurnatowski, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Jeanne Wilkinson, Joan Waltemath, Joan Webster Price, John Goodyear, John Phillips, Judith Murray, Julian Jackson, Katinka Mann, Kenneth Bushnell, Kes Zapkus, Kevin Finklea, Leo Rabkin, Louis Silverstein, Lynne Harlow, Manfred Mohr, Mara Held, Mark Dagley, Mark Williams, Marthe Keller, Martin Ball, Marvin Brown, Matthew Deleget, Merrill Wagner, Mon Levinson, Nancy Manter, Nola Zirin, Peter Stroud, Phillis Ideal, Power Boothe, Raquel Rabinovich, Richard Timperio, Robert Storr, Robert Swain, Roger Jorgensen, Rossana Martinez, Sharon Brant, Sharyn O’Mara, Siri Berg, Stephen Maine, Stephen Westfall, Steve Karlik, Steven Alexander, Susan Bonfils, Thornton Willis, Tom Doyle, Tom Evans, Vera Vasek, Victor Kord, Vincent Longo, Vito Giacalone, Will Barnet

Gifting Abstraction

Gifting Abstraction
Curated by Mariángeles Soto-Díaz
SOHO20 Gallery
New York, NY
www.soho20gallery.com
October 4–29, 2011

Featuring works by Melanie Crader, Matthew Deleget, Anoka Faruqee, Michelle Grabner, Brent Hallard, John Hawke, Gilbert Hsiao, Pablo Manga, Thomas Martin, Leah Raintree, Claudia Sbrissa, Karen Schifano, Karen Schiff, Jessica Snow, Mariángeles Soto-Díaz, Robert Strati, Ann Tarantino

Gifting Abstraction establishes an intimate economy within Soho20Chelsea gallery in which abstract objects have not yet turned into objectified commodities. The gift economy paradigm recognizes that there is value outside market forces, and that the gift renders forces and riches of its own. One of the perplexing aspects of the gift is that while its effect cannot be quantified, its intention is generally palpable: at its best, the gift generates a sense of interconnectedness. In this exhibition, artists’ labor stretches beyond the works themselves, as connective lines are symbolically rendered through the gifting process onto a relational dimension.

Gifting Abstraction questions the idea that abstract works are inextricably bound to the marketplace and therefore to a larger discourse of individualism. Abstraction has been construed as standing in direct opposition to the “relational aesthetics” theorized by Nicolas Bourriaud: “It seems more pressing to invent possible relations with our neighbors in the present than to bet on happier tomorrows.” Bourriaud implicitly pits object-based art practices such as abstract painting – which he associates with the notion of (failed) utopias – against what he calls “microtopia,” a provisional, DIY, relational approach to art.

This exhibition dismantles these oppositions, bringing abstract objects into a shifting and relational process. The arrangement of abstract art works in the exhibit will change regularly over 20 days based on choices by the participating artists. Each artist gifts a piece and selects one from the exhibition to take at the end of the show. There will be a diagram notating each selection, and artists can rearrange the works after they select their gift. Each artist communicates with the previous and subsequent “gifting” artists, and with the other artists of the show through a blog designed for that purpose, in an exhibit where the relationships among the artists are of primary importance. Also inspired by Umberto Eco’s poetics of the “open work,” this exhibition changes with each gift, creating a new communicative situation through the abstract works themselves.

Gifting Abstraction, curated by Mariángeles Soto-Díaz, is part of Abstraction at Work, a series dedicated to rethinking abstraction’s functions through projects ranging from installations to curatorial experiments.

posted October 04, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Abstraction at Work, Ann Tarantino, Anoka Faruqee, Brent Hallard, Claudia Sbrissa, Gilbert Hsiao, Jessica Snow, John Hawke, Karen Schifano, Karen Schiff, Leah Raintree, Mariángeles Soto-Díaz, Matthew Deleget, Melanie Crader, Michelle Grabner, Nicolas Bourriaud, Pablo Manga, Robert Strati, SOHO20 Gallery, Thomas Martin, Umberto Eco

arteBA Art Fair

Alejandra von Hartz Gallery
Booth 182
arteBA Art Fair
Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 19-23, 2011

posted May 17, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Argentina, arteBA Art Fair

75th Anniversary: American Abstract Artists International

75th Anniversary: American Abstract Artists International
Deutscher Künstlerbund Projektraum & Galerie oqbo
Berlin, Germany
May 14 - June 18, 2011
Opening: Friday, May 13, 2011, 7:00 pm

The two-part exhibition, that will take place in both the Galerie oqbo and in the Projektraum at the Deutsche Künstlerbund, will present works from 75 American and German artists, and will offer an overview of different contemporary manifestations of abstract art. The works of the American Abstract Artists will be complemented by a selection of ten works each by the Galerie oqbo (from the Paperfile collection) and the Deutsche Künsterlbund.

Participating Artists:
Degenhard Andrulat, Kirstin Arndt, Martin Ball, Michael Bause, Siri Berg, Emily Berger, Christian Bilger, Susan Bonfils, Sharon Brant, Henry Brown, James O. Clark, Mark Dagley, Matthew Deleget, Ruth Eckstein, Frank Eltner, Gabriele Evertz, Andreas Exner, James Geccelli, Heidi Gluck, Thomas Grochowiak, James Gross, Lynne Harlow, Mara Held, Daniel G. Hill, Gilbert Hsiao, Ben Hübsch, Phillis Ideal, Julian Jackson, Michael Jäger, Susanne Jung, James Juszczyk, Cecily Kahn, Steve Karlik, Marthe Keller, Victor Kord, Irene Lawrence, Dirk Lebahn, Seraphina Lenz, Mon Levinson, Jane Logemann, Vincent Longo, David MacKenzie, Stephen Maine, Katinka Mann, Nancy Manter, Bertold Mathes, Rossana Martinez, Creighton Michael, Klaus Merkel, Manfred Mohr, Maria Morganti, Judith Murray, John Phillips, Lucio Pozzi, Leo Rabkin, David Rhodes, Ce Roser, Irene Rousseau, David Row, Jo Schöpfer, Edward Shalala, Anita Stöhr Weber, Richard Timperio, Clover Vail, Don Voisine, Merrill Wagner, Stephen Westfall, Jeanne Wilkinson, Mark Williams, Thornton Willis, Renate Wolff, Kes Zapkus, Julia Ziegler, Nola Zirin, David Reed

“Our purpose is to unite abstract artists residing in the United States, to bring before the public their individual works, and in every possible way foster public appreciation for this direction in painting and sculpture. We believe that a new art form has been established which is definite enough in character to demand this united effort. (From the preface to the 1938 catalogue of the American Abstract Artists’ second annual exhibition)

It was 1936, and the country was in the middle of the Great Depression. Though most public presentations of art were conservative, capturing the subdued tone of a nation under economic siege, the Museum of Modern Art mounted the first exhibition of cubist and abstract art—but neglected American artists working in this vein. Angry, many of these artists formed a support network, led by Carl Holty, Harry Holtzman, and George L. K. Morris, and they began to meet informally at the studio of Ibram Lassaw, discussing ways to change the perception of their work and to bring more attention to their ideas and ideals. One can imagine the energy, the vibrant talk, the vigorous camaraderie that developed during these evenings. And in 1937, this informal group exhibited together for the first time at the Squibb Gallery on 57th Street as the American Abstract Artists.

These were heady days, and the success of their first exhibition led to a growth in membership, more exhibitions, lectures, and catalogues. Many years later, one of the original members, Esphyr Slobodkina, remembered, “Critical opinion was about equally divided between scathing denunciations and benign curiosity.” Not discouraged, the group thrived though the critics remained hostile, culminating in 1940 when the group formed a picket line in front of the Museum of Modern Art, protesting the lack of recognition and respect by such institutions.

During World War II, European artists Piet Mondrian, Fernand Lèger, and László Moholy-Nagy emigrated to America and found a sympathetic community among the members of the AAA. Mondrian became a member of the group and was something of a spiritual mentor to many of them, along with Hans Hofmann, who never joined, but whose inspirational teaching spawned a new generation of like-minded artists. In the 1950s, the more robust abstraction of Mondrian was replaced by a quiet stillness, particularly evident in the work and writings of artists like Ad Reinhardt and Burgoyne Diller. While abstraction seemed to be moving in new directions, the longevity of the group itself can be attributed to its lack of dogma, rejection of any party line or adherence to any manifestoes, and a general open enthusiasm for abstract art in all its variations.

Despite changes within the membership as well as in the art world, the AAA has continued strong for seventy-five years, a testament to the nurture and care of these artists who strongly believe that the abstract impulse can happily encompass diverse approaches and identities, from the dynamic structural symmetry of Mondrian, to a biomorphic, surrealist-inspired abstraction, to the rigid, grid-like forms of neoplasticism. This exhibition celebrates this achievement.”

Text by Nancy E. Green, curator of Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists, January 22–March 20, 2011, at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University.

Image:
American Abstract Artists’ First Exhibition
Squibb Gallery, NYC, 1937

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Variety Trumps Argument at the Bronx River Art Center

Variety Trumps Argument at the Bronx River Art Center
By Stephen Maine
artcritical
April 23, 2011

“…Matthew Deleget’s work resides toward the other end of abstraction’s spectrum as the realization, on a painted surface, of a preconceived procedural idea. The colors in Shuffle (for Grandmaster Flash) (2011) are selected at random—yellow, pink, fluorescent orange and copper predominate—and arranged by means of a predetermined system of recombination within a four-by-four unit grid. Abstraction as perceptual research, Shuffle is an extreme instance of the empirical attitude that underlies much of the work in the show, which is alert to pictorial strategies rather than intent on fetishizing subjectivities…”

Image:
Installation view with works by Cordy Ryman, Matthew Deleget, EJ Hauser, Jered Sprecher, Tisch Abelow (l to r)

posted April 24, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: artcritical, Bronx River Art Center, Cordy Ryman, EJ Hauser, Grandmaster Flash, Jered Sprecher, Reviews, Stephen Maine, Tisch Abelow

The Working Title at the Bronx River Art Center

The Working Title at the Bronx River Art Center
By Andrew Russeth
16 Miles of String blog
April 7, 2011

“…A small square by Matt Deleget — titled Shuffle (for Grandmaster Flash), a tribute to the hip-hop legend who grew up in the surrounding community — contains far more punch than one would expect from a painting just 18 inches on each side. Filled with bright squares of pink, yellow, and orange, it holds up well against its sprightly neighbor, a Cordy Ryman put together with just a few wood blocks.

It’s a strange thing be in the neighborhood of Grandmaster Flash, just a few blocks from the late and legendary Fashion Moda, looking at contemporary art by artists whose work one usually sees in Chelsea, on the Lower East Side, or out in Brooklyn. Strange, but nice, with friends and acquaintances brought together en masse in a new context…”

Image (left to right):
Cordy Ryman, Vector, 2010
Enamel, shellac and epoxy on wood
36.25 x 33.5 inches

Matthew Deleget, Shuffle (for Grandmaster Flash), 2011
Acrylic, fluorescent and metallic acrylic on MDF
18 x 18 inches

posted April 09, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: 16 Miles of String, Andrew Russeth, Bronx River Art Center, Cordy Ryman, Fashion Moda, Grandmaster Flash, Reviews

Pared

Pared: Matthew Deleget and Ellen Nagel
U·turn Art Space
2159 Central Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45214
u.turn.artspace@gmail.com
April 2-30, 2011
Opening: Saturday, April 2, 7-10pm

For Pared, U·turn Art Space presents works by Matthew Deleget and Ellen Nagel that consider reduction as a maneuver in painting, sculpture throughout art history. Deleget presents a series of monochrome works on panel, along with a long-term and ongoing conceptual project based in the collection of artist catalogues that have been purchased at deeply discounted prices. Nagel has created a number of brand new sculptural installations for the exhibition. Together, Deleget’s and Nagel’s work continues a line of inquiry into reduction and restraint in which U·turn is persistently invested.

Deleget’s I Love You (2007) is comprised of solidly colored plastic shopping bags that have been mounted onto nine panels. I Love You was inspired by The Beatles song All Together Now (also, a humorous reference to collaboration). In the song, Paul McCartney sings the lines, “black, white, green, red — can I take my friend to bed? — pink, brown, yellow, orange, blue — I love you.” Deleget has quoted McCartney directly, with each of the nine panels corresponding to the mentioned colors and installed in the order found in the song. Deleget uses McCartney’s lyrics to connect his practice of abstraction to unexpected cultural points of reference.

Deleget also presents a collection of books as art objects. All of the books are about living abstract artists—his inspirations—and were purchased at major art museums in New York City at heavily discounted prices. While his works on panel bespeak to Deleget’s own love and commitment to abstract art, this project questions whether the artists and their ideas have been discounted with the prices of these books.

Ellen Nagel’s assemblage sculptures are experiments in elegant restraint. Nagel creates art experiences that occupy the same space as the viewer, at approximately the same scale of the viewer. The avatars she constructs bring together found objects from home life (clothing, shopping bags), the studio (paint, drawing boards) and the cleanly institutional (modular office furniture). While there may be any number of elements in each work, their overall effect is one of absolute subtlety. As freestanding, collaged objects, they call attention to their own physical features: rigidity and slackness, buoyancy and gravity, tension and repose. She balances seemingly incidental elements with formalist choices that are precise and considered. Around their edges, her works evoke myth and metaphor as monuments to the humble and the heroic. Ultimately, they evidence the culture(s) surrounding their making.

Artist Bios
Matthew Deleget is an abstract painter, curator, and writer. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is a member of American Abstract Artists, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation’s Artist Advisory Committee, and the board of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Matthew has received awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, Brooklyn Arts Council, and The Golden Rule Foundation, and his work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Flash Art, Artnet Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Basler Zeitung, among others.

In 2003, Deleget founded MINUS SPACE (www.minusspace.com), a platform for reductive art on the international level based in Brooklyn, NY. MINUS SPACE’s web site is used by more than 800 people daily from 150 countries worldwide. Deleget has also organized more than two dozen solo and group exhibitions at both MINUS SPACE’s gallery in the Gowanus, Brooklyn, as well as other collaborating venues on the national and international levels. MINUS SPACE exhibitions have been reviewed in Art in America, Artnet Magazine, ArtNews, The Brooklyn Rail, Houston Public Radio, Huffington Post, The New Criterion, New York Magazine, NYFA Current, New York Sun, Time Out New York, and Village Voice, among others.

Deleget holds an MFA in Painting and an MS in Theory, Criticism and History of Art, Design and Architecture from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. He holds a BA in Art and German from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN. He lives with his wife, artist Rossana Martinez, and son in Brooklyn, NY.

Ellen Nagel is a Cincinnati native, where she continues to live and work. She received a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2010. Nagel appeared in U·turn Art Space’s first exhibition Brought To You By, and the gallery collective immediately sought a reprisal of Nagel’s work in a more ambitious installation. Nagel has previous participated in multiple exhibitions at the Art Academy’s Chidlaw Gallery. In 2010, she was one of several artists to create a site-specific installation in the Cincinnati Art Museum. Entitled Let Fall, the interactive work invited viewers to look behind heavy black curtains to experience a series of post-minimal painted shapes.

U·turn Art Space
U·turn Art Space is a collective-run alternative arts space that was initiated in fall 2009. The U·turn Art Space collective is comprised of five Cincinnati-based artists: Molly Donnermeyer, Matt Morris, Patricia Murphy, Zach Rawe and Eric Ruschman. With special interests in installation art and conceptual art practices, U·turn nonetheless exhibits artists with diverse aesthetics that are based in the Cincinnati region, as well as across the world, including (to date) Berlin, Germany; Chicago, IL; London, England; Miami, FL; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; and San Diego, CA. Its goal is to bring shows into Cincinnati that are relevant; that provide an opportunity for discourse, ideas, and play to be forced together, awkwardly or elegantly, and offer itself to a viewing audience. Along with art exhibitions, U·turn hosts a range of accompanying readings, performances and events that raise probing questions and plural perspectives. U·turn’s efforts are intended for audiences in the surrounding Brighton district, Cincinnati at large and the whole of the Midwest.

Regular gallery hours are on Saturdays, 12-4 pm, and by appointment.

Image:
Matthew Deleget
I Love You, 2007
Used plastic shopping bags in 9 colors mounted on 9 panels
Dimensions variable

posted March 30, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Ellen Nagel, Eric Ruschman, Exhibitions, Matt Morris, Molly Donnermeyer, Ohio, Patricia Murphy, The Beatles, U·turn Art Space, Zach Rawe

The Working Title

The Working Title
Curated by Progress Report
Bronx River Art Center
305 East 140th Street, #1A
Bronx, NY 10454
www.bronxriverart.org
March 25 - April 29, 2011
Opens: Friday, March 25, 6-9pm

A 32-artist group survey of recent abstraction organized by Progress Report.

Participating Artists: Amy Feldman, Benjamin King, Britton Tolliver, Cordy Ryman, Dennis Hollingsworth, Douglas Melini, EJ Hauser, Eric Freeman, Gary Petersen, Halsey Hathaway, Ian Pedigo, Inna Babaeva, Ivin Ballen, Jasmine Justice, JD Walsh, Jered Sprecher, Joshua Abelow, Joy Curtis, Keltie Ferris, Kris Chatterson, Lauren Luloff, Letha Wilson, Matthew Deleget, Omar Chacon, Osamu Kobayashi, Pamela Jorden, Patrick Brennan, Stacy Fisher, Tamara Zahaykevich, Tisch Abelow, Vince Contarino, Yadir Quintana

The name of the exhibition refers to the changing classification, description, or title that is given to abstraction. By nature, abstraction resists tradition and categorization transforming itself into a highly visual moving target. These artists employ abstraction as a means to investigate different approaches to materials, systems, media and content. Rather than following a pre-established doctrine of romantic sentimentality, most of the works elicit an air of experimentation, familiarity, and an overall sense of purpose.

The Working Title brings together different perspectives on abstraction in conversation with each other. Minimalism, post-modern, geometric, gestural, formal, color filed, video and process-driven works occupying the same room, creating unpredictable relationships through contrasting approaches.

Having direct access to technology has become an important tool for artists to share and discuss their practice, making connections on a regional and global level. The collective stance and attitudes on making art are less defensive than they used to be, opening up conversations with the past by seeking out and elaborating on previous approaches that may have been marginalized or forgotten.

The Working Title is less about seizing the moment, but more of a selection of current voices that use abstraction as a starting point to create work that expands the trajectory of what is possible.

This exhibition was organized by Progress Report, a visually-driven project that offers a glimpse of the creative process that share various perspectives from the working artist’s point of view.

posted March 14, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Amy Feldman, Benjamin King, Britton Tolliver, Bronx River Art Center, Cordy Ryman, Dennis Hollingsworth, Douglas Melini, EJ Hauser, Eric Freeman, Exhibitions, Gary Petersen, Halsey Hathaway, Ian Pedigo, Inna Babaeva, Ivin Ballen, Jasmine Justice, JD Walsh, Jered Sprecher, Joshua Abelow, Joy Curtis, Keltie Ferris, Kris Chatterson, Lauren Luloff, Letha Wilson, Omar Chacon, Osamu Kobayashi, Pamela Jorden, Patrick Brennan, Stacy Fisher, Tamara Zahaykevich, Tisch Abelow, Vince Contarino, Yadir Quintana

Lost Painters Feature

Matthew Deleget
Lost Painters Blog
By Niek
March 12, 2011

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Index

Index
Issue No. 1, September 2010
Melbourne, Australia
ISSN 1838-501X
Edition of 50

Participating Artists:
Justin Andrews, Andrew Barber, Stephen Bram, Lars Breuer, Sanne Bruggink, Christoph Dahlhausen, Matthew Deleget, Craig Easton, Anna Finlayson, Sebastian Freytag, Daniel Gottin, Jasper van der Graaf, Melinda Harper, Bianca Hester, Matt Hinkley, Clemens Hollerer, Kyle Jenkins, Gerard Kodde, Anne-Marie May, Guido Munch, John Nixon, Rose Nolan, Jan van der Ploeg, Kerrie Poliness, Sandra Selig, Gemma Smith, Masato Takasaka, David Thomas, Tilman, Peter Tyndall, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Thomas Wildner, Constanze Zikos

Image:
Publication cover

posted March 11, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Andrew Barber, Anna Finlayson, Anne-Marie May, Bianca Hester, Catalogs, Christoph Dahlhausen, Clemens Hollerer, Constanze Zikos, Craig Easton, Daniel Gottin, David Thomas, Gemma Smith, Gerard Kodde, Guido Munch, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Jan van der Ploeg, Jasper van der Graaf, John Nixon, Kerrie Poliness, Kyle Jenkins, Lars Breuer, Masato Takasaka, Matt Hinkley, Melinda Harper, Peter Tyndall, Rose Nolan, Sandra Selig, Sanne Bruggink, Sebastian Freytag, Stephen Bram, Thomas Wildner, Tilman, ustin Andrews

Trendland Feature

Matthew Deleget
Reductive Abstraction Art
By Cyril Foiret
Trendland
March 3, 2011

posted March 04, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Reviews, Trendland

A Slice of Splendor: Johnson Museum Showcases American Abstract Artists

A Slice of Splendor: Johnson Museum Showcases American Abstract Artists
by Wylie Schwartz
Ithaca Times
February 16, 2011

“…The spirit of the avant-garde, under which American abstract art came to exist, continues to manifest itself in much of the recent work on display. In Matthew Deleget’s War Monochromes (2007-11), six squares painted with fluorescent orange spray paint suggest the abstract potential for graffiti art; the radiant color spills off the canvas and onto the wall, evoking a recent trend in street art where abstract interventions rather than empirical messages or text open up exciting new realms of possibility…”

Image:
Matthew Deleget
War Monochromes, 2011
Fluorescent orange spray paint on canvases and wall
Dimensions variable

posted February 16, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Wylie Schwartz

Back to Basics: 1st International Festival of Non-Objective Art

Back to Basics
1st International Festival of Non-Objective Art
Organized by Roland Orépük
Moulins de Villancourt
83 Cours Saint-Andre
38800 Pont de Claix
France
www.pontdeclaix.fr
February 14 - April 5, 2011
Opening: Tuesday, February 15, 6:30pm

Participating Artists:
Pam Aitken, Christoph Dahlhausen, Caroline de Lannoy, Matthew Deleget, Daniel Gottin, Billy Gruner, Brent Hallard, Clemens Hollerer, Andrew Huston, Sarah Keighery, Roland Orepuk, Charles Payan, Jacek Przybyszewski, Paul Raguenes, Giles Ryder, Sato Satoru, Karen Schifano, Bogumila Strojna, Tilman, Richard van der Aa, Jan van der Ploeg, Henriette van ‘t Hoog, Guido Winkler

posted February 14, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Andrew Huston, Billy Gruner, Bogumila Strojna, Brent Hallard, Caroline de Lannoy, Charles Payan, Christoph Dahlhausen, Clemens Hollerer, Daniel Gottin, Exhibitions, France, Giles Ryder, Guido Winkler, Henriette van 't Hoog, Jacek Przybyszewski, Jan van der Ploeg, Karen Schifano, Matthew Deleget, Pam Aitken, Paul Raguenes, Richard Van Der Aa, Roland Orepuk, Sarah Keighery, Sato Satoru, Tilman

Colour Light Time

Colour Light Time
Curated by David Thomas
Nellie Castan Gallery
12 River Street
South Yarra, Melbourne, 3141
Australia
www.nelliecastangallery.com
February 3-26, 2011
Opening: Thursday, February 3, 6-8pm

This project exhibits works by established international artists alongside works of a newer generation, including Joachim Bandau (GER), Lisa Benson (NZ), Christoph Dahlhausen (GER), Matthew Deleget (USA), Noel Ivanoff (NZ), Laresa Kosloff (AUS), William Mackrell (UK), Simon Morris (NZ), David Sequeira (AUS), David Thomas (AUS).

Image:
Installation view at Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2011

posted February 03, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, Christoph Dahlhausen, David Sequeira, David Thomas, Exhibitions, Joachim Bandau, Laresa Kosloff, Lisa Benson, Nellie Castan Gallery, Noel Ivanoff, Simon Morris, William Mackrell

Splendor of Dynamic Structure

Splendor of Dynamic Structure
Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
www.museum.cornell.edu
January 22 - March 20, 2011

The American Abstract Artists, formed in 1936, were drawn to Mondrian’s ideal of the “splendor of dynamic structure.” Despite many changes since then, the AAA has continued strong for seventy-five years, a testament to their belief that the abstract impulse can encompass diverse approaches and identities, influenced by surrealism, expressionism, and landscape painting. The historical portion of this exhibition is culled from the Johnson Museum’s permanent collection, supplemented by a curated selection of works chosen from among the current members of the AAA. The exhibition and catalogue were supported by the Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation and the Cornell Council for the Arts.

Image:
Installation view
Matthew Deleget
War Monochromes, 2011
Fluorescent orange spray paint on canvases and wall
Dimensions variable

posted January 22, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: American Abstract Artists, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, Piet Mondrian

Alumni Exhibition

Alumni Exhibition
Eric Dean Gallery
Randolph H. Deer Art Wing
Fine Arts Center
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
www.wabash.edu/academics/art
January 21 - February 18, 2011
Opening: Friday, January 21, 4:30-6pm

Image:
Matthew Deleget
No Man’s Land, 2008
Cadmium red light acrylic on panel, hit with a hammer
18 x 24 inches

posted January 21, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Indiana, Wabash College

Miami International Art Fair & Panel Discussion

Miami International Art Fair
Alejandra von Hartz Gallery Booth
Miami Beach Convention Center, Hall D
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.mia-artfair.com
January 13-17, 2011

PANEL DISCUSSION
Geometric Abstraction in the Contemporary World: Young Artsist, Robust Markets, Important Collections
Sunday, January 16, 2011, 2:45-3:45pm

Participants:
Alejandra von Hartz, Owner and Director of Alejandra von Hartz Gallery
Matthew Deleget, Artist and Director of MINUS SPACE
Gene Moreno, Moderator

Image:
Alejandra von Hartz Gallery’s booth, including Matthew Deleget, Shuffle Painting, 2010

posted January 13, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Art Fairs, Florida, Gene Moreno, Lectures, Miami International Art Fair

IKF’s Wonderfund Art Auction 2010

International Kids Fund Wonderfund Art Auction 2010
Villa 221
221 NE 17th Street
Miami, FL 33132
www.wonderfund.org
Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 7-10pm

International Kids Fund (IKF) is a philanthropic program of Jackson Memorial Foundation committed to helping critically ill children primarily from Latin America and the Caribbean gain immediate access to essential medical treatments that are unavailable in their respective home countries.

Thanks to the program, hundreds of foreign children with urgent health care needs have received expert attention from medical specialists at Holtz Children’s Hospital, located at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center in Miami, Florida, United States.

IKF successfully raises funds and administers proactive assistance by having an efficient organizational and financial infrastructure in place to quickly respond to specific requests for help. Simply stated, IKF is in the business of saving young people’s lives.

Image:
Matthew Deleget
Shuffle (for Celia Cruz), 2010
Acrylic and fluorescent acrylic on MDF
18 x 18 inches
Courtesy of the artist & Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami

posted December 03, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Benefits, Florida, International Kids Fund, Jackson Memorial Foundation

Informal Relations

Informal Relations: Contemporary Works on Paper
Curated by Scott Grow
Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
1043 Virginia Avenue, Suite 5
Indianapolis, IN 46203
www.indymoca.org
December 3, 2010 – January 15, 2011
Opening: December 3, 6-11pm
Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday 11am – 6pm

Curator Scott Grow selects 32 artists from the United States, Germany, Spain and Japan to focus on the diversity of practices within painting and abstraction today.

The exhibition’s title refers to kind the “informal relations” artists have with one another, their predecessors, with the modernist tradition, the future, and even with their own work. While works on paper may stand as finished works, they are also often places for exploration, thinking, planning, taking chances, and failure. The show explores the challenges of abstract art. Since it typically refuses expected representation, language and absolute interpretation, it requires the viewer’s engagement and participation. Abstraction is not a singular school or style, the term itself is not necessarily helpful in identifying the qualities or concepts of the art object. Abstract artists often have shared and conflicting objectives for the art they make.

In response to these challenges with their genre of art, each artist in Informal Relations presents a definition of abstract painting. The exhibition explores the similarities, differences, and connections between these artists, their dialog with abstraction’s history, and various directions forward for abstraction.

Participating artists include: Patrick Alt, Chris Ashley, Patrick Berran, Kadar Brock, Matthew Deleget, Laura Fayer, Keltie Ferris, Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Connie Goldman, Brent Hallard, Rachel Hayes, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Michael Just, Matthew Langley, Jim Lee, Rossana Martinez, Rob Nadeau, Melissa Oresky, Paul Pagk, Danielle Riede, Maximilian Rödel, Eric Sall, Susan Scott, Gabriel J. Shuldiner, Jessica Snow, Henning Straßburger, Garth Weiser, Wendy White, Paige Williams, Douglas Witmer, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung and John Zurier.

Image:
Matthew Deleget
White Supremacist Composition, 2007
White monochrome, framed sheet of white foam stickers with Christian symbols
including crucifixes, Jesus fish, angels, hearts (readymade, purchased at Christian novelty store)
16 x 14 inches framed

posted December 01, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Brent Hallard, Chris Ashley, Connie Goldman, Danielle Riede, Douglas Witmer, Eric Sall, Gabriel J. Shuldiner, Garth Weiser, Germany, Henning Straßburger, Indiana, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Jessica Snow, Jim Lee, John Zurier, Kadar Brock, Keltie Ferris, Laura Fayer, Matthew Deleget, Matthew Langley, Maximillian Rodel, Melissa Oresky, Michael Just, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, Paige Williams, Patrick Alt, Patrick Berran, Patrick Michael Fitzgerald, Paul Pagk, Rachel Hayes, Rob Nadeau, Rossana Martinez, Scott Grow, Spain, Susan Scott, Wendy White

Laundromat Project Benefit Auction

SOAPBOX II: Second Annual Art Auction
Collette Blanchard Gallery
26 Clinton Street
New York, NY 10002

October 27, 2010, 6-9 pm

An exciting evening including music with DJ Khary, drinks, hors d’oeuvres, and, most of all, art! Tickets start at $25.

posted October 19, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Benefits, Collette Blanchard Gallery, Laundromat Project

Conversations with Robert Swain

Conversations with Robert Swain
Directed and edited by Peter Canale
Stocan Films, 2010

A 5-part online film series covering the life and work of NYC artist Robert Swain. Interview by Matthew Deleget, artist and founder of MINUS SPACE. Produced to accompany the exhibition Visual Sensations: The Paintings of Robert Swain: 1967 – 2010 at Hunter College/Times Square Gallery in New York, NY, from October 7 – November 13, 2010.

Part 1: New York & The Early Years
Part 2: Color System
Part 3: The Grid: Harmony & Contrast
Part 4: Technology & Process
Part 5: The Brushstroke & Beyond

posted October 08, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Hunter College, Interviews, Peter Canale, Robert Swain, Stocan Films

Easy Show

Easy Show
Kamer Laakkwartier
The Hague
The Netherlands
web site
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 8pm

Participating Artists:
Elizabeth de Vaal, Ellen Rodenberg, Maarten Schepers, Jeroen Bosch, Hans Ensink op Kemna, Clary Stolte, Peter Luining, Jan van der Ploeg, Erik-Jan Ligtvoet, Stefanie Scholte, Arianne Olthaar, Roman Wolgin, Kees Koomen, Maarten Janssen, Nelleke Scharroo, Susanne Bruynzeel, Ton Schuttelaar, Loes Aarts, Machiel van Soest, Matthew Deleget, Mark Brogan, Niels Post, Rob Knijn, Quentin Armand, Jack Segbars, Yvonne Lacet, Mark de Weijer, Yvo van der Vat, Thom Vink, Thomas Bakker, Peter Cleutjens, Isa Tenhaeff, Harold de Bree, Carla Klein, Roeland Langendoen, Dit is dit, Marike Schuurman, Barney de Krijger, GJ de Rook, Johan Gustavsson

Image:
Matthew Deleget
Cyanide Suicide, 2010
Fluorescent yellow spray paint on canvas and wall
Created by artist Machiel van Soest
Private collection, The Netherlands

posted September 24, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Arianne Olthaar, Barney de Krijger, Carla Klein, Clary Stolte, Dit is dit, Elizabeth de Vaal, Ellen Rodenberg, Erik-Jan Ligtvoet, Exhibitions, GJ de Rook, Hans Ensink op Kemna, Harold de Bree, Isa Tenhaeff, Jack Segbars, Jan van der Ploeg, Jeroen Bosch, Johan Gustavsson, Kamer Laakkwartier, Kees Koomen, Loes Aarts, Maarten Janssen, Maarten Schepers, Machiel van Soest, Marike Schuurman, Mark Brogan, Mark de Weijer, Matthew Deleget, Nelleke Scharroo, Niels Post, Peter Cleutjens, Peter Luining, Quentin Armand, Rob Knijn, Roeland Langendoen, Roman Wolgin, Stefanie Scholte, Susanne Bruynzeel, The Netherlands, Thom Vink, Thomas Bakker, Ton Schuttelaar, Yvo van der Vat, Yvonne Lacet

Cytoarchitecture

Cytoarchitecture
Techno Park Studios
15 Techno Park Drive
Williamstown 3016 Melbourne
Australia
www.technoparkstudios.com
September 4-19, 2010
Opening: Saturday, September 4, 4-6pm
Live Performance by Riki-Metisse Marlow at 5pm

Cytoarchitecture brings together six artists whose diverse practices are loosely threaded together by a number of intersecting concerns. These interests include abstraction, a reductive aesthetic and correlations between biological and constructed forms. The exhibition will include installation, live-feed video, automated sound sculptures, wall-drawings and modified found objects.

Matthew Deleget is a New York-based non-objective artist and curator who runs MINUS SPACE in Brooklyn. Melanie Irwin, who has shown both nationally and in Europe, utilizes sculpture, photography, video and performance. Most recently her work was seen at Blindside in Melbourne and at the John Fries Memorial Prize in Sydney where she was awarded second prize. Liang Xia Luscombe is an artist and writer and is currently Writer-in-Residence at Canberra Contemporary Art Space. Taree Mackenzie’s video works have been shown nationally and most recently she featured in Achromatism - Recent Video Work from the ACT, at the Queensland Centre for Photography. Riki-Metisse Marlow’s practice crosses automated sound-sculpture and performance with her work being seen most recently at the Format Festival, as part of Adelaide Fringe Festival. Kent Wilson is an artist, curator and writer whose sculptural sound works were most recently seen at Seventh Gallery, Melbourne.

Exhibition facilitated by Melanie Irwin and Taree Mackenzie.

Image:
Installation view with works by Matthew Deleget & Riki-Metisse Marlow (left to right)

posted September 04, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, Kent Wilson, Liang Xia Luscombe, Melanie Irwin, Riki-Metisse Marlow, Taree Mackenzie, Techno Park Studios

Colour Light Time

Colour Light Time
Curated by David Thomas
Two Rooms
16 Putiki Street
Newton 1145 Auckland
New Zealand
www.tworooms.org.nz
September 9 - October 9, 2010
Private view: Thursday, September 9, 6-8pm

Colour and light are capable of generating diverse culturally loaded readings as well as strong physical sensations. Their readings are complex, interpreted as physical phenomena (sensation) and symbolic codes (knowledge).

The exhibition grows out of an interest in the tradition and diverse readings of the MONOCHROME via painting to include: constructions, interventions, photography, moving-image and installation by New Zealand and international artists. BUT rather than interpreting the MONOCHROME as a traditional formalist model, the exhibition brings the MONOCHROME into the C21where it is employed as a device to manifest an awareness of colour, light, movement and time AMID THE WORLD in order to help us see our experiencing of our world.

The artworks in this exhibition celebrate complexity, transience, and the contingent nature of being. They offer us a range of approaches whilst engaging us with experiencing, perceiving, understanding, reading and feeling and ask us to consider how these processes unfold and develop over time.

This project exhibits works by established international artists alongside works of a newer generation.

THE ARTISTS include:
Joachim Bandau (GER), Lisa Benson (NZ), Christoph Dahlhausen (GER), Matthew Deleget (USA), Noel Ivanoff (NZ), Laresa Kosloff (AUS), William Mackrell (UK), Simon Morris (NZ), David Sequeira (AUS), David Thomas (AUS).

The contemplative layered watercolours of Joachim Bandau (GER), manifest movement and time.

Lisa Benson (NZ) photographic drawings emphasizes time through the recording of changing light in the tradition of concrete photography.

The glass and vinyl film works of Christoph Dahlhausen (GER), are informed by Non Objective and phenomenological explorations of light and colour, placed in situ that play with reflection, light and colour

Noel Ivanoff (NZ). His work manifests time and duration through a sensitive material awareness of gesture, structure and fabrication.

Matthew Deleget (USA) produces paintings/ installations that exploit the monochrome tradition via specific use of encoded colour and exaggerated gesture to address political and psychological content.

The video works of Laresa Kosloff (AUS) use colour, timing to combine the tropes of sport and modernism to create works of contemplation and humour.

William Mackrell (UK). His photos and his use of cones of light to pictorialise space with ordinary materials in a manner that enables us become aware of our changing experience of space, light in time .

The durational paintings of Simon Morris (NZ) manifest time through their use of colour, process and materiality to generate an awareness of movement of time and space.

David Sequeira (AUS). His long study of the colour in paintings and installations has been translated into a new body of photographic and video works manifesting time and change, in an affectionate and playful manner.

The photopaintings and paintings of David Thomas (AUS) use the monochrome as a vehicle/interval in assisting us to recognise what surrounds it where it is placed amid the world.

posted September 02, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Christoph Dahlhausen, David Sequeira, David Thomas, Exhibitions, Joachim Bandau, Laresa Kosloff, Lisa Benson, Matthew Deleget, New Zealand, Noel Ivanoff, Simon Morris, Two Rooms, William Mackrell

Color Climate

Color Climate: Matthew Deleget / David E. Peterson
Alejandra von Hartz Gallery
2630 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Wynwood Art District
www.alejandravonhartz.net
September 11 – October 30, 2010
Opening: Saturday, September 11, 7-10pm

Alejandra von Hartz Gallery is pleased to announce the two-person exhibition Color Climate: Matthew Deleget / David E. Peterson. The exhibition will feature new abstract painting installations by Brooklyn artist Matthew Deleget and Atlanta artist David E. Peterson. Color Climate will be the artists’ first exhibition with the gallery and it will take place from September 11 to October 30, 2010, with an opening reception on Saturday, September 11, from 7-10 pm.

Matthew Deleget is a conceptual, reductive painter who will present an installation of new Shuffle paintings. Informed by the “shuffle” feature on his iPod, each painting consists of a checkered grid of four colors completely selected at random, producing visual results that vary widely. The gallery walls where his paintings are to be installed will also be painted various colors selected at random. This specific series of paintings, made of acrylic paint, including fluorescent, metallic, and iridescent colors, on thin archival masonite panels, is directly inspired by the legendary salsa ensemble Fania All-Stars. Each painting will pay homage to a specific musician in the group, including Johnny Pacheco, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Ray Barretto, and Larry Harlow, among others.

David E. Peterson makes rule-based paintings that are informed by high-end industrial design goods, including laptop computers, athletic shoes, men’s fashion, and Modern architecture. For Color Climate, David will present three new suites of paintings from his ongoing Product Abstraction series. The paintings present his investigation into the formal qualities and associated consumer aspirations of three specific lines of designer goods, including Nixon’s Newton watch collection, Asics’ Onitsuka Tiger line of sneakers, and wallets designed by Paul Smith. The individual paintings, made from acrylic and UV resin on MDF and produced in finite series, similar to the design goods themselves, will be installed in large grid formations on the gallery walls.

Matthew Deleget
Matthew Deleget (b. 1972) has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is a member of American Abstract Artists and has received awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, Brooklyn Arts Council, and The Golden Rule Foundation. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Flash Art, Artnet Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Basler Zeitung, among others. In 2003, Matthew founded MINUS SPACE (www.minusspace.com), a platform for reductive art on the international level based in Brooklyn, NY. He has curated more than two dozen solo and group exhibitions at both MINUS SPACE, as well as other collaborating venues on the national and international levels. Matthew holds an MFA in Painting and an MS in Theory, Criticism and History of Art, Design and Architecture from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. He lives and works in Brooklyn,NY.

David E. Peterson
David E. Peterson (b. 1979) is an abstract painter who has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe. His work is included in the collections of the New Museum of Contemporary Art (Detroit), Progressive Art Collection, Home Depot, and Related Group, among many others. His work has been profiled on Forbes.com, Loft Magazine, Southern Living, CNN, and Detroit Free Press. David holds a BFA from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI, and is currently pursuing his MFA at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. He lives and works in Atlanta, GA.

Alejandra von Hartz Gallery
Founded in 2002, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery’s mission is to exhibit, promote, and sell Contemporary Art by emerging and established artists with an emphasis on Latin American Art, Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, and Conceptual Art. Our goal is to represent the similarities and differences that co-exist in the diverse continent that is Latin America and its relationship, and mutual exchange with globalized contemporary art. We also want to be a catalyst and platform for Latin American art on the international level. The gallery has participated in art fairs worldwide and works by gallery artists have been acquired by leading collections and institutions.

Image:
Matthew Deleget, Shuffle (for Jose “Cheo” Feliciano), 2010
Acrylic, metallic and fluorescent acrylic on mdf, 18 x 18 inches

posted August 08, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, David E. Peterson, Exhibitions, Fania All Stars, Florida

25 - 25 IS Box

25 - 25 IS Box
Sydney Non Objective
Sydney, Australia
August 7-29, 2010

Published in 2010 by IS Projects in Leiden, The Netherlands, 25 - 25 IS Box is a new limited-edition print print portfolio by 25 international artists. Works are sized 25 x25 cm and the edition consists of 75 boxes. Participating artists include: Justin Andrews, Linda Arts, Chris Ashley, Sanne Bruggink, Christoph Dahlhausen, Matthew Deleget, Rene Eicke, Billy Gruner, Brent Hallard, Jose Heerkens, Gilbert Hsiao, Arjan Janssen, Sarah Keighery, Alexandra Roozen, Leopoldine Roux, Giles Ryder, Clary Stolte, John Tallman, Tilman, Richard Van Der Aa, Iemke Van Dijk, Jasper Van Der Graaf, Henriette Van ‘t Hoog, Jan Maarten Voskuil and Guido Winkler.

Image:
Works from the 25 – 25 IS Box on the floor at SNO.
(l to r, t to b) Tilman, Tallman, Heerkens, Hallard, Hsiao, Arts, Voskuil, Winkler, Andrews, Roux, Dahlhausen, Van Der Graaf, Deleget, Van Der Aa

posted August 02, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alexandra Roozen, Arjan Janssen, Australia, Billy Gruner, Brent Hallard, Chris Ashley, Christoph Dahlhausen, Clary Stolte, Exhibitions, Gilbert Hsiao, Giles Ryder, Guido Winkler, Henriette Van ‘t Hoog, Iemke van Dijk, IS Projects, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Jasper van der Graaf, John Tallman, Jose Heerkens, Justin Andrews, Leopoldine Roux, Linda Arts, Matthew Deleget, Rene Eicke, Richard Van Der Aa, Sanne Bruggink, Sarah Keighery, Sydney Non-Objective, The Netherlands, Tilman

Lecture

Supporting Individual Artists
with Matthew Deleget

July 1, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm

Arts Administration Program
New York University
15 Barclay Street
New York, NY
www.nyu.edu

Images: NYU downtown

posted July 02, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Lectures, New York University

Professional Development Workshop

Public Art Project Web Sites
with Matthew Deleget

June 30, 2010, 6:30-8:30pm

The Laundromat Project
220A E. 4th Street
New York, NY
www.laundromatproject.org

Image: NYC laundromat

| Comments (0)| Tags: Lectures, The Laundromat Project

Professional Development Workshop

Artists’ Website Review
with Matthew Deleget

Thursday, June 17, 6-8pm

Lower East Side Printshop
306 W. 37th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10018

Image: Printing presses at LESP

posted June 24, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Lectures, Lower East Side Printshop

American Abstract Artists International

American Abstract Artists International
The Aragonese Castle of Otranto
Otranto, Italy
June 18-28, 2010

60 years ago an American Abstract Artists exhibition traveled to Europe and included stops in Rome and Munich. In June 2010, American Abstract Artists exhibited in American Abstract Artists International “L’astrazione vista da un cosmopolita” at the Aragonese Castle of Otranto in Otranto, Italy.

The exhibition included work by 50 AAA members and guest exhibitors from Italy. A brochure accompanied the exhibition, with an essay by Lucio Pozzi in three languages. The show was sponsored by BAU Institute and the Aragonese Castle of Otranto. The Aragonese Castle of Otranto is a member of Sistema Museo, a National Museum System in Italy.

Otranto is located on the Adriatic Sea, at the eastern-most point of the Salento peninsula, in the southeastern region of Puglia.

Image:
Installation view with my Ghost Painting (2007) above the door.

posted June 18, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: American Abstract Artists, Aragonese Castle of Otranto, BAU Institute, Italy, Lucio Pozzi

Panel Discussion: Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grantees

Panel discussion with Heather Darcy Bhandari (Mixed Greens) & Matthew Deleget

Friday, June 11, 2010, 2-4pm

A conversation with the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s 2009 MFA Grant Program recipients about the commercial gallery system.

Image:
Kris Scheifele, Primary Contortion
Acrylic paint, 37 x 21 x 21 inches
www.krisscheifele.com

posted June 12, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Heather Darcy Bhandari, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Kris Scheifele, Lectures, Mixed Greens

Panel Discussion: Daniel G. Hill - Print

Panel Discussion with Daniel G. Hill & Jim Osman, Melville House Curator
Moderated by Matthew Deleget

Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 7pm
Melville House Publishing
145 Plymouth Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
www.mhpbooks.com

Print is an exhibition of Daniel Hill’s recent digital prints that use photography, painting and printmaking to investigate surface and light and their role in the formation of images. The work is a meditation on the nature and meaning of the digital print in the context of the perplexing network of abstraction, illusion and representation.

Daniel Hill has been exhibiting in New York City for over 30 years. His work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions. He has been the recipient of a fellowship in painting from the National Endowment for the Arts and a project studio residency at Painting Space 122 here in New York. He is a member of American Abstract Artists and is an Assistant Professor at Parsons The New School for Design.

Image: Panel discussion

| Comments (0)| Tags: Daniel G. Hill, Jim Osman, Lectures, Melville House Publishing

Headlines & Deadlines

They Don’t Love You, Like I Love You, 2009
Headlines & Deadlines
NYFA Current
New York Foundation for the Arts
May 2010

posted April 29, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Articles, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA Current

War Monochromes

The Engine Room
Massey University
East End Block 1
Wallace Street
Wellington, New Zealand
April 22 - May 8, 2010

Image: War Monochromes installation view

posted April 23, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Exhibitions, Massey University, New Zealand, The Engine Room

Escape from New York, Wellington, New Zealand

Escape from New York
Curated by Matthew Deleget
The Engine Room
Massey University
East End Block 1
Wallace Street
Wellington, New Zealand
April 22 - May 8, 2010
Floor Talk: Wednesday, April 21, 12noon
Opening: Wednesday, April 21, 5:30pm

A group exhibition surveying reductive strategies by 29 artists living in and around New York City. Each artist presented a single work, as well as an open letter to the local artist community.

Image: Exhibition invitation

posted April 15, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Massey University, New Zealand, The Engine Room

Panel Discussion: Abstract Art, A Living Legacy

Panel Discussion:
Abstract Art, A Living Legacy

Watch on YouTube
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9

Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Reception 6-7pm, Program 7-8pm

Newark Museum
Billy Johnson Auditorium
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
www.newarkmuseum.org

Matthew Deleget will moderate a discussion with an international group of contemporary artists including Lenora de Barros, Paul Henry Ramirez and Don Voisine. The artists will talk about the legacy of constructivist abstract art as it relates to their work and explore why abstraction continues to be a vital mode of expression.

This panel discussion is presented in honor of Elizabeth Brady Richards.

Matthew Deleget is an abstract artist, curator and writer. He is the director of MINUS SPACE, a gallery and web site project devoted to reductive art in Brooklyn, New York.

Lenora de Barros is a poet and visual artist based in São Paulo, Brazil, whose work includes video, poetic performance, photography and sound installation. Having exhibited throughout Brazil and abroad, she is interested in exploring the abstract visual, aural and material signs of language.

Paul Henry Ramirez is a US artist noted for his signature style of fleshy and pop-inspired abstraction. BLACKOUT: A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez is a site-specific installation in which he has transformed the Newark Museum’s Charles Engelhard Court with abstract, biomorphic forms and playful, bold color.

Don Voisine is an abstract painter based in Brooklyn, New York. President of the New York-based American Abstract Artists group that was founded in 1936, he works with a visual vocabulary of pared-down geometric form to explore the possibilities of visual space within abstraction.

RELATED EXHIBITIONS
On view through 05.23.2010

Constructive Spirit
Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s - 50s

Constructive Spirit investigates the formative geometric abstract art movements of Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. This exhibition is the first to explore the conceptual connections and exchanges that existed between abstract artists from South and North America. Featured are more than 90 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings and films drawn from the collection of the Newark Museum, along with loans from public and private collections and galleries across both continents. Artists include Alexander Calder, Joaquín Torres-García, Alejandro Otero, Gyula Kosice, Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Geraldo de Barros and many others.

BLACKOUT
A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez

BLACKOUT: A Centennial Commission by Paul Henry Ramirez is a site-specific installation that allows viewers to experience painting as an environment that one can enter. Using the Newark Museum’s Charles Engelhard Court as his canvas, Ramirez employs his signature curvaceous biomorphic forms amidst a profusion of pop-inspired colors in dialogue with the Court’s distinctive Beaux-Arts architecture. BLACKOUT is the fourth and final commissioned project initiated to celebrate the Museum’s Centennial year.

Image:
Paul Henry Ramirez, BLACKOUT (installation view), 2010
Mural, paintings, relief, furniture & lighting
A Centennial Commission, Newark Museum, NJ
Photograph by Raymond Adams

posted April 14, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Alejandro Otero, Alexander Calder, American Abstract Artists, Argentina, Brazil, Don Voisine, Ellsworth Kelly, Geraldo de Barros, Gyula Kosice, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Lectures, Lenora de Barros, Lygia Clark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, Paul Henry Ramirez, Raymond Adams, Uruguay, Venezuela

Brainstorm! 2010 Workshop Series: Selling Work Online

Brainstorm! 2010 Workshop Series:
Selling Work Online
March 18, 2010, 6:30pm
Asian American Arts Alliance
20 Jay Street, Suite 740
Brooklyn, NY 11201

The Asian American Arts Alliance presents Brainstorm!, a new series of lively workshops with ideas and tools for artists to generate earned revenue. Produced in collaboration with New York Foundation for the Arts and Queens Council on the Arts.

Come hear lead speaker Chanel Kennebrew, artist and founder of www.junkprints.com talk in detail about how she successfully sells her work online, as well as the perspectives of artists Anowar Hossain, Hidemi Takagi and Matthew Deleget. Learn from peers, add your voice to a lively conversation, be inspired and come away with concrete tools for moving forward with online sales.

posted March 18, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Anowar Hossain, Asian American Arts Alliance, Chanel Kennebrew, Hidemi Takagi, Lectures, New York Foundation for the Arts, Queens Council on the Arts

artistsFOR: Haiti Benefit Auction

artistsFOR: Haiti Benefit Auction
Envoy Enterprises
131 Chrystie Street
New York, NY 10022
Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 6-10pm

Organized by Gabriel J. Schuldiner, a collaborative art auction dedicated to helping the people of Haiti.

UPDATE (Friday, February 19, 2010): Delighted to announce that Wednesday night’s auction helped raise over $5,000 in support of Doctors Without Border and Haiti relief efforts.  Wow!  And congratulations to everyone involved.

Thanks too to Barry Hoggard and James Wagner for my purchasing my work, Ghost Painting (2007), in support of a great cause. Delighted to be included in your collection: Hoggard Wagner Art Collection.

posted February 19, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Barry Hoggard, Benefits, Envoy Enterprises, Gabriel J. Schuldiner, Haiti, Hoggard Wagner Art Collection, James Wagner

Objectified

Objectified
Curated by David C. Terry & Matthew Deleget
Pelham Art Center
Pelham, New York
February 5 – April 17, 2010

An exhibition of new sculpture by artists David Baskin, Suzanne Broughel, Virginia Griswold, Kent Laforme, Sylvan Lionni, Jaye Moon and Claire Watson.

Image: Work by David Baskin

posted February 05, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Claire Watson, Curatorial Projects, David Baskin, David C. Terry, Jaye Moon, Kent Laforme, Pelham Art Center, Suzanne Broughel, Sylvan Lionni, Virginia Griswold

Paper! Awesome!

Paper! Awesome!
Curated by Brion Nuda Rosch
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
172 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
February 20 - March 27, 2010
Opening: Saturday, February 20, 4-7pm

posted February 02, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, Brion Nuda Rosch, California, Exhibitions

Mostly Monochrome

Mostly Monochrome
McKenzie Fine Art
511 W. 25th Street
New York, NY
January 7 - February 6, 2010

Participating Artists:
Matthew Deleget, Berndt Friberg, Karen Gunderson, James Lecce, Daniel Levine, David Mann, Palshus, Ursula Morley Price, Bill Thompson, Li Trincere, Peter Weber & Carrie Yamaoka

Image: Matthew Deleget, They Don’t Love You, Like I Love You, 2009
Silver monochromes, iridescent silver acrylic paint on 4 panels, hit with a hammer
16 x 60 inches overall, each panel 16 x 12 inches

posted January 07, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: Berndt Friberg, Bill Thompson, Carrie Yamaoka, Daniel Levine, David Mann, Exhibitions, James Lecce, Karen Gunderson, Li-Trincere, McKenzie Fine Art, Palshus, Peter Weber, Ursula Morley Price

Space Is the Place

Space Is the Place
A look back at the year in alternative art spaces and exhibitions
By Matt Morris
CityBeat
Cincinnati, Ohio
December 30, 2009

“Cincinnati’s vibrant community of alternative-exhibition spaces is my first love in this area. I am boastful of the innovations I witness in these unlikely places, where I not only exhibit my own installations but also, in several cases, help organize and curate exhibitions. I also write as an art critic for CityBeat and other publications, though I gracefully avoid reviewing my own endeavors, of course…

For me personally, as an artist, it has been a rewarding year. I have not only had the opportunity to exhibit in well-loved venues like Aisle Gallery but also been able to show — and come to know — less likely exhibition spaces, such as the stone staircase at Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church or the Campbell County Library…

Overall, these are what I found to be my the most moving alternative- and contemporary-art experiences in Cincinnati this year:

• Touch Faith at semantics (Nov. 7-28). Guest curator Jeffrey Cortland Jones brought together an accomplished set of artists from around the country to look at current practices in abstraction and painting. I will never forget the subtle and deeply moving monochrome “On the Back of a Hurricane (for Rudolf de Crignis),” [by Matthew Deleget] a simple blue rectangle that employed a plastic shopping bag for its color and texture…”

Image:
Matthew Deleget, On the Back of a Hurricane (for Rudolf de Crignis), 2008
Blue monochrome, blue plastic shopping bag mounted on panel
12 x 12 inches

posted December 30, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Articles, CityBeat, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Matt Morris, Ohio, Reviews, Semantics

Seven Artists of the Week

Seven Artists of the Week
Chicago Art Review
December 30, 2009

Image: Matthew Deleget, War Monochromes (Blood & Treasure), 2009
Red and gold enamal spray paint on two canvases and wall
20 x 16 inches each

| Comments (0)| Tags: Articles, Chicago Art Review, Reviews

1/1 …… 1/100

1/1 …… 1/100
Editions from Germany, The Netherlands & Switzerland
Curated by Susannah Creemer-Bermbach
Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung
Hochstadenring 22
Bonn, Germany
December 5, 2009 - January 24, 2010

posted December 05, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Exhibitions, Germany, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Susannah Creemer-Bermbach

Party at Chris’s House

Party at Chris’s House
Curated by Phong Bui
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery
205 Norman Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11222
November 20 - December 20, 2009

Image: Janet Kurnatowski & Phong Bui

posted November 20, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Chris Martin, Exhibitions, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Phong Bui

Touch of Faith

Touch of Faith
Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Semantics Gallery
1107 Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati, OH, 45214
November 7-28, 2009
Opening: November 7, 7-11pm

Participating Artists:
Chris Ashley, Ron Buffington, Matthew Deleget, Hamlett Dobbins, Scott Grow, Harold Hollingsworth, Chris Jackson, J.T. Kirkland, Kim Krause, Matthew Langley, Lori Larusso, Rossana Martinez, Tim McFarlane, Matthew Miller-Novak, William Potter, Joe Saunders, Susan Scott, John Tallman, Douglas Witmer, Michael Wille, Paige Williams & Joel Whitaker

Image:
Matthew Deleget, On the Back of a Hurricane (for Rudolf de Crignis), 2008
Blue monochrome, blue plastic shopping bag mounted on panel
12 x 12 inches

posted October 16, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Chris Ashley, Chris Jackson, Douglas Witmer, Exhibitions, Hamlett Dobbins, Harold Hollingsworth, J.T. Kirkland, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Joe Saunders, Joel Whitaker, John Tallman, Kim Krause, Lori Larusso, Matthew Deleget, Matthew Langley, Matthew Miller-Novak, Michael Wille, Ohio, Paige Williams, Ron Buffington, Rossana Martinez, Scott Grow, Semantics Gallery, Susan Scott, Tim McFarlane, William Potter

Partners in Art and Life

Partners in Art and Life
Curated by Lynn Saville
Brooklyn Public Library
Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
September 15 - November 5, 2009
Central Library, Grand Lobby (branch info)

Participating Artists:
Lauren Bakoian, Mildred Beltre, Claudine Brown, Larry Brown, Beth Caspar, Matthew Deleget, Scott Dolan, Jeffrey Dreiblatt, Bruce Gagnier, Kate Gardner, Nicholas Hamilton, Marcia Hillis, Julian Jackson, Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, Robert James, David Jelinek, Tatiana Kronberg, Tine Lundsfryd, Rene Lynch, Stephen Maine, Rossana Martinez, David Melrose, Carol Morrison, Don Muchow, Margaret Neill, Gelah Penn, Brian Ripel, Jean Shin, Michael Volonakis, & William S. Walker, Jr.

Image: Matthew Deleget, Shuffle painting series, 2007-present

posted September 19, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Beth Caspar, Brian Ripel, Brooklyn Public Library, Bruce Gagnier, Carol Morrison, Claudine Brown, David Jelinek, David Melrose, Don Muchow, Exhibitions, Gelah Penn, Jean Shin, Jeffrey Dreiblatt, Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, Jr., Julian Jackson, Kate Gardner, Larry Brown, Lauren Bakoian, Lynn Saville, Marcia Hillis, Margaret Neill, Matthew Deleget, Michael Volonakis, Mildred Beltre, Nicholas Hamilton, Rene Lynch, Robert James, Rossana Martinez, Scott Dolan, Stephen Maine, Tatiana Kronberg, Tine Lundsfryd, William S. Walker

We go far…And way back

We go far…And way back
Curated by Victoria Munro
SHOW
Staten Island, NY
June 20 - August 1, 2009
Opening: June 20, 2009, 2pm

Participating Artists: Andrew Barber, Julian Dashper, Matthew Deleget, Daniel Gottin, Kyle Jenkins, Lucy McMillan, Dane Mitchell, Jan van der Ploeg & Tilman

Image: Postcard

posted May 29, 2009 | Comments (1)| Tags: Andrew Barber, Dane Mitchell, Daniel Gottin, Exhibitions, Jan van der Ploeg, Julian Dashper, Kyle Jenkins, Lucy McMillan, Matthew Deleget, SHOW, Tilman, Victoria Munro

War Monochromes

Matthew Deleget: War Monochromes
Project Space Spare Room
RMIT University School of Art
Melbourne, Australia
May 8-29, 2009

posted May 08, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, Exhibitions, Project Space Spare Room, RMIT University

Escape from New York, Melbourne

Escape from New York
Curated by Matthew Deleget
Project Space Spare Room 
RMIT University School of Art
Melbourne, Australia
May 8-29, 2009

A group exhibition surveying reductive strategies by 29 artists living in and around New York City. Each artist presented a single work, as well as an open letter to the artist community affiliated with RMIT Non Objective.

Image: Installation view

| Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, Curatorial Projects, Project Space Spare Room, RMIT University

Stayin’ Alive Benefit Auction

Stayin’ Alive Benefit Auction
Metaphor Contempory Art
Brooklyn, NY
May 1 - May 19, 2009

posted May 01, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Benefits, Metaphor Contempory Art

5th Annual BAMart Silent Auction

5th Annual BAMart Silent Auction
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn, NY
April 29 - May 11, 2009

Image: Matthew Deleget, Black Operations, 2008, black monochrome, acrylic on panel, hit with a hammer, 12 x 16 inches

posted April 29, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Benefits, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Pratt Institute Lecture

Pratt Institute Lecture
Brooklyn, NY
April 28, 2009

posted April 28, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Lectures, Pratt Institute

NEXT:POST Contemporary Art What’s Next? Panel

NEXT:POST Contemporary Art What’s Next? Panel
Rupert Ravens Contemporary
Newark, NJ
April 25, 2009, 1-3pm

Panelists:
Beth Venn, Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Senior Curator of American Art, The Newark Museum
Peter Nesbett & Shelly Bancroft, Founders/Directors, Triple Candie
Matthew Deleget
James Kalm, The Kalm Report
Moderated by Gae Savannah, artist & writer for Flash Art and Sculpture Magazine

posted April 25, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Beth Venn, Flash Art, Gae Savannah, James Kalm, Lectures, New Jersey, Peter Nesbett, Rupert Ravens Contemporary Art, Sculpture Magazine, Shelly Bancroft, The Kalm Report, The Newark Museum, Triple Candie

Non-Objectif Sud Benefit 2009

Non-Objectif Sud
Benefit for Summer 2009 Exhibition
Gary Snyder Project Space
250 W. 26th Street
New York, NY
April 21, 2009, 6-8pm

posted April 21, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Benefits, Gary Snyder Project Space, Non-Objectif Sud

Abstract Realities

Abstract Realities
University of Southern Queensland Art Gallery
Toowoomba, Australia
February 7 - March 6, 2009

Image: Shuffle Painting, Ghost Painting (left to right)

posted February 07, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, Exhibitions, University of Southern Queensland Art Gallery

My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble Catalog, New Zealand

My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble Catalog
Published by The Physics Room, February 2009
Edition of 800
ISBN: 978-0-9582885-8-3

posted February 01, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Catalogs, CCNOA, New Zealand, The Physics Room

PS 1999-2009 Catalog

PS 1999-2009 Catalog
Essay by Justin Andrews
Published by PS & Kunstruimte 09, 2009

posted January 18, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Catalogs, Kunstruimte 09, PS, The Netherlands

PS 1999 - 2009

PS 1999 - 2009
Kunstruimte 09
Groningen, The Netherlands
January 17 - February 21, 2009

Image: Exhibition view

posted January 17, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Exhibitions, Kunstruimte 09, PS, The Netherlands

Accrochage

Accrochage
Soledad Arias, Matthew Deleget, Daniel Levine, Rossana Martinez, Ruth Pastine, Mario Reis, David Simpson, Hills Snyder & Tilman

Gallery Sonja Roesch
2309 Caroline Street
Houston, TX 77004
January 17 - February 28, 2009
Opening: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 5-7pm

Image: Matthew Deleget, I Love You, 2007, plastic shopping bags in 9 colors mounted on 9 panels, installation and dimensions variable, 8 x 10 inches each

| Comments (0)| Tags: Daniel Levine, David Simpson, Exhibitions, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Hills Snyder, Mario Reis, Rossana Martinez, Ruth Pastine, Soledad Arias, Texas, Tilman

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lecture

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lecture
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA
Long Island City, NY
January 9, 2009

posted January 09, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Lectures, P.S.1, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Monochrome Utopia

Monochrome Utopia
Sharon Brant, Matthew Deleget, Daniel Levine, Olivier Mosset, Erik Saxon & Li-Trincere

532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel
532 W. 25th Street
New York, NY
January 8-30, 2009
Opening: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 6:00-8:30pm

Image: Olivier Mosset

posted January 08, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, Daniel Levine, Erik Saxon, Exhibitions, Li-Trincere, Olivier Mosset, Sharon Brant

10 Years of Hebel_121

10 Years of Hebel_121
Hebel_121
Basel, Switzerland
January 3 - February 14, 2009

Image: Exhibition view

posted January 03, 2009 | Comments (0)| Tags: Exhibitions, Hebel_121, Switzerland

Maryland College Institute of Art Lecture

Maryland College Institute of Art
Baltimore, MD
December 8, 2008

Image: Ziger/Snead and Charles Brickbauer, Brown Center (2003), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

posted December 08, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Charles Brickbauer, Lectures, Maryland, Maryland College Institute of Art, Ziger/Snead

Internet for Artists Workshop

Internet for Artists
Creative Capital
New York, NY
December 5-7, 2008

Image: Louis Sullivan, Bayard-Condict Building (1897), 65 Bleecker Street, NYC

posted December 05, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Creative Capital, Louis Sullivan, Workshops

New Commission

Newmark Knight Frank, NYC
All Stars, 2008
Nine works, acrylic, fluorescent and metallic acrylic, collaged elements on handmade paper
20 x 20 inches each

Image: Studio view with two works

posted December 01, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Commissions, Newmark Knight Frank

Art Monthly Magazine Review

Preque Rien II at Laure Genillard Gallery
by Colin Perry
Art Monthly magazine
December 2008-January 2009

| Comments (0)| Tags: Art Monthly, Colin Perry, Laure Genillard Gallery, Reviews, United Kingdom

Art World Magazine Review

Selected Exhibitions
10 UK Shows Art World Recommends: Presque Rien II at Laure Genillard Gallery
Art World magazine
UK/International edition
December 2008-January 2009

| Comments (0)| Tags: Art World, Laure Genillard Gallery, Reviews, United Kingdom

James Kalm Report Interview

MINUS SPACE at P.S.1
The James Kalm Report
November 2, 2008

Click image to watch. Interview begins at 6:55.

posted November 02, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Interviews, James Kalm Report, P.S.1

MINUS SPACE: The Art of Reduction

MINUS SPACE: The Art of Reduction
by Phong Bui
P.S.1 Newspaper
Fall/Winter 2008

posted October 19, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Interviews, P.S.1, Phong Bui

MINUS SPACE

MINUS SPACE
Curated by Phong Bui
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA
Long Island City, NY
October 19, 2008 - May 2009
Opening: Sunday, October 19, 12-6pm

Features 54 artists from 14 countries.

| Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Exhibitions, Museum of Modern Art, P.S.1, Phong Bui

Presque Rien 2

Presque Rien 2
Curated by Gavin Turk & Cedric Christie
Laure Genillard Gallery
London, United Kingdom
October 18, 2008 - January 10, 2009

Participating artists: Larry Bell, Toby Christian, Cedric Christie, Susan Collis, Clem Crosby, Matthew Deleget, Sebastien Delire, Ceal Floyer, Sayshun Jay, Clay Ketter, Mary Lemley-Miller, Simon Liddiment, Werner Reiterer, Perry Roberts, Gerwald Rockenshaub, Rona Smith, John Tremblay & Gavin Turk; Sound performance by Andy Cox, Lance Martin & Dave Ros

Image: Gavin Turk, The Air of Change, 2008, jar and air from 1968

posted October 18, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Andy Cox, Ceal Floyer, Cedric Christie, Clay Ketter, Clem Crosby, Dave Ros, Exhibitions, Gavin Turk, Gerwald Rockenshaub, John Tremblay, Lance Martin, Larry Bell, Mary Lemley-Miller, Perry Roberts, Rona Smith, Sayshun Jay, Sebastien Delire, Simon Liddiment, Susan Collis, Toby Christian, United Kingdom, Werner Reiterer

Columbia University Lecture

Visual Arts MFA Program
School of the Arts
Columbia University
New York, NY
October 7, 2008

posted October 07, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Columbia University, Lectures

Reality Check Interview

Reality Check Interview with Matthew Deleget
by Jackie Battenfield
The Artist’s Guide
October 2008

posted October 01, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Interviews, Jackie Battenfield

Prattfolio

Creative Reflections on War and Peace:
Pratt Alumni Survey the Experiences and Consequences of War through Written and Visual Accounts
Prattfolio: The Magazine of Pratt Institute
Fall 2008

Featured my work “From Bad to Worse to Truly Terrible”, 2007.

“Although I would never consider myself a political artist, I have been terribly concerned about the War on Terror since 9/11 and it has been occupying a clear and central role in my work over the past few years. My installation From Bad to Worse to Truly Terrible is part of an ongoing series War Monochromes. The piece, which was shown in the Sideshow Gallery in Brooklyn in September 2007, references a quote from a U.S. soldier serving his N-th tour of duty in Iraq describing the deteriorating situation on the ground. The black-on-black monochromes in this installation, made by first painting the circular canvases matte black and then pouring gloss black paint over them, occupy the space somewhere between bullet holes and oil spills. I wanted the overall installation to approximate a pockmarked wall in a combat zone.”

| Comments (0)| Tags: Articles, Prattfolio

American Abstract Artists: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina

American Abstract Artists: Tribute to Esphyr Slobodkina
The Painting Center
New York, NY
September 2-27, 2008

posted September 02, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: American Abstract Artists, Esphyr Slobodkina, Exhibitions, The Painting Center

Matthew Deleget & Michael Zahn

Matthew Deleget & Michael Zahn
ie. Contemporary Art Projects
Toowoomba, Australia
August 7-23, 2008

posted August 07, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Add new tag, Australia, Exhibitions, ie. Contemporary Art Projects, Matthew Deleget, Michael Zahn

La vie en rond

La vie en rond
H29
Brussels, Belgium
June 21 - September 20, 2008

posted June 21, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Belgium, Exhibitions, H29

My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble

My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble
Organized by Tilman & CCNOA

Sydney College of the Arts Gallery
Sydney, Australia
June 5 - August 1, 2008

The Physics Room
Christchurch, New Zealand
August 19 - September 13, 2008

posted June 05, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, CCNOA, Exhibitions, New Zealand, Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, The Physics Room, Tilman

Words Fail Me

Words Fail Me
Steve Karlik, Li-Trincere & Don Voisine

Curated by Matthew Deleget

H29
Brussels, Belgium
May 24 - June 7, 2008

Abstraction has a tenuous relationship with language. It often eludes description. Words Fail Me includes three New York City-based painters, each of whom contributed one painting to the exhibition.

Image: Installation view

posted May 24, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Belgium, Curatorial Projects, Don Voisine, H29, Li-Trincere, Steve Karlik

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lecture

Keynote Address — We Are the Revolution
Power Tools Professional Practice symposium
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
May 19, 2008

posted May 19, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Illinois, Lectures, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Drawing a Conclusion

Drawing a Conclusion
Curated by Danny Lacy

Peloton
Sydney, Australia
May 15 - June 7, 2008

Hell Gallery
Melbourne, Australia
June 28 - July 19, 2008

Participating artists: Ernesto Burgos, Nadine Christensen, Matthew Deleget, Anthony Farrell, Torben Giehler, Lily Hibberd, Chris LG Hill, Heidi Linck, Nick Mangan, Rob McHaffie, Ola Vasiljeva, Gabriella & Silvana Mangana

posted May 15, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Anthony Farrell, Australia, Chris LG Hill, Danny Lacy, Ernesto Burgos, Exhibitions, Gabriella, Heidi Linck, Hell Gallery, Lily Hibberd, Nadine Christensen, Nick Mangan, Ola Vasiljeva, Peloton, Rob McHaffie, Silvana Mangana, Torben Giehler

Communicate Better through the Web: A Guide for Visual Artists Workshop

Communicate Better through the Web: A Guide for Visual Artists Workshop
Cue Art Foundation
New York, NY
May 7, 28 & 29, 2008

posted May 07, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Cue Art Foundation, Workshops

Mark Dagley: Shaped Canvas, Selections from 1987 catalog

Mark Dagley: Shaped Canvas, Selections from 1987 catalog
Texts by Matthew Deleget & Nora Griffin, with a comprehensive interview by Don Voisine
Published by MINUS SPACE & Abaton Book Company, 2008
20 pages, color, 8.5 x 9 inches, 1,000 copies

posted May 01, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Abaton Book Company, Catalogs, Curatorial Projects, Don Voisine, Mark Dagley, Nora Griffin

The Front Row: Machine Learning at Gallery Sonja Roesch

The Front Row: Machine Learning at Gallery Sonja Roesch
Interview with Matthew Deleget, Henry Brown & Gilbert Hsiao
Houston Public Radio (KUHF.FM)
Thursday, April 24, 2008

posted April 24, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Gallery Sonja Roesch, Gilbert Hsiao, Henry Brown, Houston Public Radio (KUHF.FM), Interviews, Texas

Muse Fuse Lecture

Muse Fuse
NURTUREart
Brooklyn, New York
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 7pm

posted April 23, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Lectures, NURTUREart

Cleveland Institute of Art Visiting Artist

Cleveland Institute of Art Visiting Artist
Cleveland, Ohio
April 16-19, 2008

posted April 16, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio, Residencies

Non-Objectif Sud Benefit 2008

Non-Objectif Sud
Benefit evening for summer 2008 exhibition
Gary Snyder Project Space
250 W. 26th Street
New York, NY
April 14, 2008

posted April 14, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Benefits, France, Gary Snyder Project Space, Non-Objectif Sud

Inside Out

Inside Out
ie. Contemporary Art Projects
Toowoomba, Australia
April 5 - May 12, 2008

Image: Ghost Painting

posted April 05, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Australia, Exhibitions, ie. Contemporary Art Projects

Machine Learning, Houston

Machine Learning
Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao & Douglas Melini

Curated by Matthew Deleget

Gallery Sonja Roesch
Houston, TX
March 8 – May 3, 2008

A traveling exhibition examining pattern painting in the information age, featuring four NYC-based artists Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao & Douglas Melini. A catalog accompanies the exhibition.

Image: Gilbert Hsiao, Encounter, 2006

posted March 08, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Douglas Melini, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Gilbert Hsiao, Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Texas

Spring Selections

Spring Selections
Ober Gallery
Kent, CT
March 6 - April 20, 2008

Participating artists: Frank Bauer, Joseph Beuys, Matthew Deleget, Robert De Niro, Sr., Carrol Dunham, Gabriele Evertz, Elena Figurina, Eberhard Havekost, Mary Heilman, Gilbert Hsiao, Steve Karlik, Daniel Levine, Lawrence Salander, Frank Stella & Don Voisine

posted March 06, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Carrol Dunham, Connecticut, Daniel Levine, Don Voisine, Eberhard Havekost, Elena Figurina, Exhibitions, Frank Bauer, Frank Stella, Gabriele Evertz, Gilbert Hsiao, Joseph Beuys, Lawrence Salander, Mary Heilman, Ober Gallery, Robert De Niro Sr., Steve Karlik

Considerable

Considerable
Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones
Studio O, Artstreet
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH
March 3 - April 4, 2008

Image from postcard

posted March 03, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Exhibitions, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, Ohio, University of Dayton

Technology in the Arts Guest Blogger

Technology in the Arts Guest Blogger
Center for Arts Management & Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
February 18-29, 2008

Keeping It Real (2.29.08)

The Good…& Just the Ugly (2.28.08)

Hazardous Sites (2.21.08)

Drop Serious Knowledge (2.20.08)

posted February 18, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Arts Management & Technology, Pennsylvania, Technology in the Arts

The IS Box Print Portfolio

The IS Box
Published by IS Projects
Leiden, The Netherlands

Portfolio of prints by artists Justin Andrews, Sanne Bruggink, Christoph Dahlhausen, Matthew Deleget, Iemke van Dijk, Jasper van der Graaf, Billy Gruner, Clemens Hollerer, Kyle Jenkins, Sarah Keighery, Gracia Khouw, Arjan Janssen, Rossana Martinez, Jan van der Ploeg, Perry Roberts, Tilman, Jan Maarten Voskuil and Guido Winkler, accompanied by essays.

posted January 01, 2008 | Comments (0)| Tags: Arjan Janssen, Billy Gruner, Christoph Dahlhausen, Clemens Hollerer, Gracia Khouw, Guido Winkler, Iemke van Dijk, IS Projects, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Jan van der Ploeg, Jasper van der Graaf, Justin Andrews, Kyle Jenkins, Matthew Deleget, Perry Roberts, Rossana Martinez, Sanne Bruggink, Sarah Keighery, The Netherlands, Tilman

New York Sun Review

Intelligent Design, by John Goodrich
New York Sun
December 27, 2007
Review of Machine Learning exhibition

posted December 27, 2007 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, John Goodrich, New York Sun, Reviews

Machine Learning, New York

Machine Learning
Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao, Douglas Melini & Michael Zahn

Curated by Matthew Deleget

The Painting Center
New York, NY
November 27 - December 22, 2007

A traveling exhibition examining pattern painting in the information age, featuring four NYC-based artists Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao & Douglas Melini. A catalog accompanies the exhibition.

posted November 27, 2007 | Comments (0)| Tags: Curatorial Projects, Douglas Melini, Gilbert Hsiao, Henry Brown, Michael Zahn, Terry Haggerty, The Painting Center

Machine Learning, Maryland

Machine Learning
Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao & Douglas Melini

Curated by Matthew Deleget

Boyden Gallery
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
St. Mary’s City, Maryland
September 4-28, 2007

A traveling exhibition examining pattern painting in the information age, featuring four NYC-based artists Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao & Douglas Melini. A catalog accompanies the exhibition.

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Machine Learning catalog

Machine Learning catalog
Essay by Matthew Deleget
Images by Henry Brown, Terry Haggerty, Gilbert Hsiao & Douglas Melini
Published by MINUS SPACE, 2007
16 pages, color, 8.5 x 8 inches, 500 copies

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