Matthew Benedict
Matthew Benedict’s highly original work investigates the historical myth-making of the United States. His paintings, mostly gouaches on wood or paper of medium size, are not only pictures, they present pictures – sometimes even the frame of the source image is painted too. With their reduced, bold and simple colour schemes, they are reminiscent of illustrations in popular history or adventure books. What is special about these depictions is that contemporary views and images based on historical sources are treated in the same way, collapsing a very wide time-span into a visual whole. — Axel Jablonski
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pencil, gouache and spray paint on paper
19.69 x 20.47 in (50 x 52 cm) -
gouache on paper
25.59 x 19.69 in (65 x 50 cm) -
Gouache on wood
48.03 x 83.86 in (122 x 213 cm) -
Gouache, Latex on Wood
48.03 x 59.84 in (122 x 152 cm) -
Gouache on wood
59.84 x 48.03 in (152 x 122 cm) -
gouache on paper
29.53 x 23.62 in (75 x 60 cm) -
Gouache, Acryl, Latex, Dammarfirnis on wood
35.83 x 24.02 in (91 x 61 cm) -
gouache on wood
48.03 x 48.03 in (122 x 122 cm) -
gouache on plywood
48.03 x 72.05 in (122 x 183 cm) -
Gouache and Damar on wood
36.22 x 48.03 in (92 x 122 cm) -
mixed media
5.12 x 29.92 in (13 x 76 cm)
