About The Work
Occupying marginal areas such as wall corners, fissures in the floor, and gaps around the edges, Tony Matelli's Weeds are hyper-realistically rendered in painted bronze. Often seen as symbols of disregard or surrender, the weeds here are a celebration of the mundane and vulgar over the rare and precious. Permanently rebellious, the plants are nagging reminders of our fallibility and vanity, performing as unlikely heroic symbols.
Courtesy of The Green Gallery
About Tony Matelli
From The Magazine
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- Interviews & Features: Trendsetters Kyle DeWoody and Laura Dvorkin on Redefining Hotel Art for a New Generation
- News & Events: The Figure Is Back, Baby! At MoMA PS1's Greater New York, Artists Vanquish Zombie Formalism With People Art
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Painted bronze
17.00 x 9.00 x 8.50 in
43.2 x 22.9 x 21.6 cm
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About The Work
Occupying marginal areas such as wall corners, fissures in the floor, and gaps around the edges, Tony Matelli's Weeds are hyper-realistically rendered in painted bronze. Often seen as symbols of disregard or surrender, the weeds here are a celebration of the mundane and vulgar over the rare and precious. Permanently rebellious, the plants are nagging reminders of our fallibility and vanity, performing as unlikely heroic symbols.
Courtesy of The Green Gallery
About Tony Matelli
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Tyson Reeder on Turning the Art World Askew Through Drunk Sports, Fuzzy Paintings, and Funny Fairs
- Interviews & Features: Trendsetters Kyle DeWoody and Laura Dvorkin on Redefining Hotel Art for a New Generation
- News & Events: The Figure Is Back, Baby! At MoMA PS1's Greater New York, Artists Vanquish Zombie Formalism With People Art
- Art 101: The Studio Assistant Family Tree: A Genealogy of Artists & Their Proteges
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