Matt Keegan: And

Jan 8 - Feb 28, 2015
Overview

Altman Siegel is pleased to present And, Matt Keegan's third solo show with the gallery. The exhibition is comprised of steel sculptures and photographs, mounted on top of an installation of painted and carved sheetrock.

 

Keegan's color-saturated laser-cut steel sculptures are scaled approximations of cut and folded paper templates. Alluding to his work with collage, the ephemeral cut paper patterns are imbued with weight and form when translated into steel. The process, beginning with arbitrarily cut paper, then systematically executed in steel, typifies Keegan's approach; equally rigorous and playful. Previous steel sculptures by the artist illustrated openended, vernacular phrases, yet the new sculptures are absent of text. While suggesting readable symbols or anthropomorphic shapes, their abstract folds refuse to convey definite meaning, prompting the viewer to interpret their form and color which remains open to multiple interpretations. 

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