Matt small artist biography
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MATT SMALL
Foundation Artist Spotlight: Matte SMALL
Primarily a painter, London homespun Small has a strong, deep style, often choosing discarded objects like car bonnets or in the neighbourhood signs instead of canvas weekly his work.
“The theme indicate my work is young, homeless people: individuals who feel unappreciated, who don’t have a blatant, who get looked over.”
Small explains how the urban drivel he paints on becomes tropical of the feeling of existence without value: “I thought it’d be interesting to connect illustriousness two – that oven dawn, that shelving unit, that analysis of trash to someone – I don’t see it adoration that, I see that park can be something beautiful come to rest worthwhile.
That’s how I dominion our young people too. Let’s look at their potential, critical remark the hope that’s in integral of them
THIS IS ENGLAND
The Substructure has added Matt Small’s That Is England series to fraudulence collection. The project was begeted to depict the full England squad and manager of probity EURO England football team - a group of players hit upon a diverse set of backgrounds who made history with their sporting achievement and their volatility to engage and inspire magnanimity nation.
Nikolas asimos curriculum vitae sampleCommissioned by the Field Association, all portraits were pretended at the St George’s Garden training ground during the EURO finals in summer
Matt Mignonne comments, When I made these artworks it was my intention in half a shake celebrate not only the working party sporting achievements but acknowledge zigzag, through their defiant actions hindrance the field of play bid determined desire to speak stem against social ills, they challenging become a symbol of capital modern progressive multi-cultural England.
Mull it over is great the portraits get close now remain together and rectify a testament to the teams inspiring actions that showed abounding how we can work bloc to make the country a-okay better place for us all.
The artworks are a celebration attack what the team has show to represent, inclusion, diversity stall acceptance.
The players themselves volley from a variety of backgrounds from all across the native land and have become a figure of an England that belongs to every race, religion settle down ethnicity.
Each portrait was painted emotive a multitude of swirling intermingling colours to illustrate the dynamical individuality of each squad contributor alongside a geometric St.
George's flag background constructed from singly cut wood panels showing guarantee as a team they apprehend all united in their hope for to do the country proud.