Matt Keegan: Postcards & Calendars

Altman Siegel Gallery is pleased to present “Postcards & Calendars,” an exhibition of new work by Matt Keegan. This exhibition will feature photographs, video, and sculptural works, and will be the first time Keegan has exhibited in San Francisco.

“Postcards & Calendars” is an examination of time and the archive, and subsequently the relationship between them.  This exhibition was inspired by Keegan’s recent stay in the Bay Area.  Upon arriving, Keegan acquired a tourist calendar made by the century-old, local company, Smith Novelty.  Keegan’s investigation of this company evolved into an exploration of how one archives and records place. Photographs of an old calendar, a newspaper, and a class portrait all portray slices of the past, and within their form document a specific time.  When and why does an image become historical? How does one image a city?  What does time look like?  This exhibition focuses on objects created and collected by Keegan whose very form is ingrained with time and history.