Matthew Monahan
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Matthew Monahan (born 1972)[1] is an American contemporary artist based in Los Angeles.[2] He works in a variety of artistic disciplines that incorporate mixed media and found objects such as "foam, folded and crumbled construction paper," glass vitrines, and drywall.[3] His work references art history and literature, recalling the works of modernists such as Constantin Brancusi and Marcel Duchamp.[2] His sculptures and installations often combine modernists refences with figurative "fragments of ancient, mainly Greco-Roman statues."[4]
Monahan graduated from
Cooper Union School of Art in 1994 with a BFA and the De Ateliers in Amsterdam from 1994 to 1996.[5] Monahan has been a prominent member of a new generation of artists in Los Angeles "that includes Aaron Curry, Thomas Houseago, Elliott Hundley, and Lara Schnitger among its cohort."[2] In 2007, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles mounted a solo exhibit of the artist's work accompanied by a catalog titled, Matthew Monahan: Five Years, Ten Years, Maybe Never.[6] The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas acquired six of the artist's sculptures in 2022, which were shown in a solo exhibition titled, Matthew Monahan: Recent Acquisitions, in May, 2023.[2]
Monahan has shown his sculptures at other various galleries, collections, and museums, including the Chinese European Art Center in
References
- ^ Modern Art Exhibitions 2012 Matthew Monahan, Modern Art, 13 April - 12 May
- ^ a b c d Morse, Jed (May 6, 2023). "Matthew Monahan: Recent Acquisitions". www.nashersculpturecenter.org. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ Cantrell, Scott (Jun 3, 2023). "Review: A haunting, if frustrating, Matthew Monahan preview at the Nasher". www.dallasnews.com. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ Ebony, David (November 1, 2018). "Matthew Monahan". Art News. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ISBN 9780880390514.
- ISBN 978-1933751023.
- ^ "Matthew Monahan, American, b. 1972". Artsy. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
Further reading
- Jonathan Griffin (October 2007). Matthew Monahan: Sculpture and anthropology from the school of hard knocks. Frieze.
- Vitamin 3-D : new perspectives in sculpture and installation. ISBN 9780714868578.
- [s.n.] (2010). Matthew Monahan [Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 26 July - 27 October 2007]. Museum of Contemporary Art. ISBN 9781933751023.
- Elena Filipovic (2010) Creamier: contemporary art in culture: 10 curators, 100 contemporary artists, 10 sources. Phaidon. ISBN 9780714856834.
- Review in The New York Times
- Official website
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