Matthew Angelo Harrison Explained

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Birth Date:December 31, 1989
Birth Place:Detroit, MI
Training:School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Nationality:American

Matthew Angelo Harrison (born 1989) is an American artist living and working in Detroit, MI.[1] His work investigates analog and digital technologies to explore ancestry, authenticity, and the relationship between African culture and African-American culture.[2]

Life and work

Harrison was born in Detroit, Michigan, where he currently lives and works. After earning a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012, Harrison worked at Ford Motor Company prototyping clay models for cars and car parts.[3] [4] His past work with machinery and industrial design continues to inform and inspire his artistic process today. In his work, Harrison explores issues of race, design, mortality and industry by making use of various technologies. Inspired by the notion of an “abstract ancestry,” Harrison focuses on collecting relics and symbols of African American culture that can be re-contextualized or re-simulated.[5]

Bodies of Work

In his "Dark Silhouettes" series, Harrison “encapsulates” dissections of African tribal sculptures in subtly tinted resin blocks.[6] Some of the figures, heads and masks come from Makonde and Dogon tribes while others are of unknown origin. Harrison then slices through or burrows holes, with a CNC router, into some of the blocks producing unique forms and evoking diverse places and times.[7] [8]

In his “Dark Povera” series, Harrison scans African artifacts and then reproduces them with his homemade low-resolution 3D printers.[9] In contrast to most 3D printers, which print with silicone and other strong synthetic plastics, Harrison’s hand-made printers utilize a wet clay, creating a finished product that is an imperfect, abstracted reproduction of the original artifact.[10]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Public collections

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2019 . whitney.org . en.
  2. Web site: Matthew Angelo Harrison. Atlanta Contemporary. en-us. 2019-04-05.
  3. Web site: Detroit sculptor Matthew Harrison explores identity through clay and machines. Maia. Asshaq . August 28, 2017. Model D. en. 2019-04-05.
  4. Web site: Matthew Angelo Harrison CV Jessica Silverman Gallery. jessicasilvermangallery.com. 2019-04-05.
  5. Web site: Matthew Angelo Harrison: Abstract Ancestry U-M LSA Institute for the Humanities. lsa.umich.edu. 2019-04-05.
  6. Web site: Matthew Angelo Harrison at Jessica Silverman Gallery. www.artforum.com. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  7. Web site: African spirits suspended in resin, culture at SF art gallery - SFChronicle.com. 2018-03-19. www.sfchronicle.com. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  8. Web site: Prototype of Dark Silhouettes Jessica Silverman Gallery. jessicasilvermangallery.com. 2019-04-05.
  9. Web site: Matthew Angelo Harrison's 3-D Printed Sculptures Unmask Cultural Constructs. 2017-10-16. Observer. en. 2019-04-05.
  10. Web site: Review: Atlanta Contemporary offers a fresh, wry response to critique with Betbeze and Harrison. 2017-10-30. ARTS ATL. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  11. Web site: Detroit Affinities: Matthew Angelo Harrison. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  12. Web site: Post-Truth Detroit. frieze.com. 8 November 2017 . en. 2019-04-05.
  13. Web site: MSU Broad. msu broad. en. 2019-04-05.
  14. Web site: Ever get the feeling we're not alone in this world? at What Pipeline – Art Viewer. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  15. Web site: The Politics of Portraiture Jessica Silverman Gallery. jessicasilvermangallery.com. 2019-04-05.
  16. Web site: Take Me (I'm Yours). The Jewish Museum. 2019-04-05.
  17. Web site: What Pipeline. whatpipeline.com. 2019-04-05.
  18. Web site: SONIC REBELLION: MUSIC AS RESISTANCE. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. 16 May 2017. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  19. Web site: Fictions The Studio Museum in Harlem Artsy. www.artsy.net. en. 2019-04-05.
  20. Web site: The Everywhere Studio. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  21. Web site: 2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage. www.newmuseum.org. en. 2019-04-05.
  22. Web site: Reyes Finn At Large. reyesfinn.com. 2019-04-05.
  23. Web site: I Was Raised on the Internet. MCA. en. 2019-04-05.
  24. Web site: Kinship: Yoko Ono, Barbara Kasten, Judy Chicago, Mary Heilmann, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Amikam Toren, Suzanne Blank Redstone, John Waters, Ian Wallace, Donald Woodman, Catherine Wagner, Grayson Perry, Isaac Julien, Tammy Rae Carland, Susanne M. Winterling, Mickalene Thomas, Haegue Yang, Luke Butler, Nicole Wermers, Julian Hoeber, Hank Willis Thomas, Matt Lipps, John Houck, Christopher Badger, N Dash, Davina Semo, Sean Raspet, Heather Rasmussen, Hayal Pozanti, Ruairiadh O'Connell, Dashiell Manley, Margo Wolowiec, Hugh Scott Douglas, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Woody De Othello Jessica Silverman Gallery. jessicasilvermangallery.com. 2019-04-05.
  25. Web site: Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality. Cranbrook Art Museum. 7 November 2018 . 2019-04-05.
  26. Web site: Colored People Time: Quotidian Pasts - ICA Philadelphia. 2019-03-09. Institute of Contemporary Art - Philadelphia, PA. en-US. 2019-04-05.
  27. Web site: Matthew Angelo Harrison, Dark Silhouette: Forward Gaze, 2018. MCA. en. 2019-04-05.
  28. Web site: Broad Art Museum MSU. collections.broadmuseum.msu.edu. 2019-04-05.
  29. Web site: Collection. Lafayette Anticipations. en. 2019-04-08.
  30. Web site: The Everywhere Studio. Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. en-US. 2019-04-08.
  31. Web site: San Francisco – Kadist. en-CA. 2019-04-08.

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