The extensive exhibition, which includes memorabilia and dozens of originals works, is open at M Shed through October 31.
Small, who lives in his hometown of Camden, currently has work on view as part of Vanguard, which is considering the role of Bristol-area artists who’ve had an outsized impact on British street art since the 1980s. All these worthless items have been incorporated into something that someone may now appreciate, and the potential of this scrap item can now be realized. The shiny metal brings out a highlight on the forehead. The rusted tin can becomes a tone in the face. The scrap metal has worth because of what I did with it, not because I say it is of worth. By turning debris and seemingly useless materials into works of significance, he hopes to prompt questions about the arbitrary values assigned to objects and people alike, explaining: In a conversation with Colossal, Small references Marcel Duchamp’s urinal and the way that readymade sculpture upended long-standing notions of worth as a foundational concept he draws on his own practice. It’s just up to us to see that.”ĭetail of “Jake” (2020), assembled metal on wooden board, 35.5 x 35.5 inches Senior Recruiter in California, Extraversion (E), Sensing (S), Feeling (F). “Marrying the discarded item and painting a portrait of a young person on it or utilizing the material to construct a mosaic face, I hope that the viewer sees that everybody and everything has a right to be viewed as valuable and of worth. The couple has one child, Matthew Russell Downs, Jr., born July 18, 2011. “Because of the social backgrounds they come from, young people find themselves overlooked, disregarded, and left uninvested in,” the artist says. Deciding to join a group of international and Israeli volunteers, Small attempts to show that, despite the ongoing occupation, peace is not lost, but still to be discovered.All images © Matt Small, shared with permissionĪt the heart of Matt Small’s practice is the idea that “there’s always potential within everything.” The British artist gravitates toward an overarching theme of disregard in both subject matter and material, choosing oxidized hunks of iron, bits of patinaed copper, and crinkled aluminum strips that have been relegated to the trash to construct his metallic portraits.Įxpressive and emotionally charged, the corroded mosaics link rampant overconsumption and widespread tendencies to throw away what’s deemed obsolete or undesirable to the ways adolescents are marginalized and subsequently not seen as viable members of society. While reliving these unforgettable experiences, through his writing he struggles to find why the wall between these two groups of people exists. He relates his encounters with organisations that are determinedly working to sow the seeds of peace in soils that are deeply scarred by suffering and war. In these honest and evocative reflections, Small retells his experiences of crossing into the West Bank to work the olive harvest with Palestinian farmers. While there, he discovered beauty, fear and suffering like nowhere else in the world. Matthew Small, despite the horror of both the war, and the wall, works and travels both sides of the divide, and brings us to an understanding of where the seeds of peace can yet be found.' Jon Snow, Journalist and Presenter Writer Matthew Small travelled to the Holy Land to further his understanding of the enduring conflict between Israel and Palestine. With comprehensive contact information, including cell phone numbers, for over 250 million people nationwide, and Whitepages SmartCheck, the fast, comprehensive background check compiled from criminal and other records from all 50 states. 'The biology of Israel/Palestine simply and beautifully revealed. Whitepages is the authority in people search, established in 1997.
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