Matthew McCaslin
{{Short description|American artist}}
Matthew McCaslin (born 1957 in Bay Shore, New York) is an American artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His work deals with the intersection of nature and technology, combining everyday construction materials or consumer electronics in a way that may invoke chaos or disorder, or formalism and minimalism.
Education and career
McCaslin received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in New York in 1980. He is internationally known for his video and light sculptures.{{fact|date=May 2024}} His distinct visual vocabulary, built from industrial materials, combines elegance and formality with roughness and spontaneity.{{fact|date=May 2024}} McCaslin regularly includes televisions, clocks, light bulbs, fans, outlets, cables and plugs in his sculptures.{{fact|date=May 2024}} Images, often of natural phenomena, presented on television monitors are seamlessly integrated. The use of these everyday objects reminds the viewer of his daily dependence on a technological support system.{{fact|date=May 2024}} Inherent in McCaslin’s art is the question of functionality versus aesthetics.Bitterli, Konrad, and Matthias Wohlgemuth, eds. Matthew McCaslin: Works - Sites. Stuttgart, Germany: Cantz Verlag, 1997, p. 7. Referring to his work, McCaslin states “these seemingly disparate pieces are a playful reflection on the objects we live with and environments we live in. By mixing materials, gesture, and locations, I hope to evoke feelings in the viewer of the world around them that are deeply rooted but can’t be simply placed.”[http://www.geringgallery.com/2005/matthew_mccaslin.html MATTHEW McCASLIN at geringgallery.com]
Collections
He has exhibited extensively in galleries and museums around the world, including New York,{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DB1539F936A25756C0A964958260 |title=Art in Review |accessdate=2008-10-09 |last=Cotter |first=Holland |date=1992-05-15 |work=The New York Times |publisher=}} Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, and Paris, among other US and international cities. Most recently, the artist has had solo exhibitions in Paris, Cologne, Madrid and Nuremberg.
McCaslin's work can be found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art,{{Cite web|title=48 Hours in a Day|url=https://www.moca.org/collection/work/48-hours-in-a-day|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.moca.org}} the Walker Art Center, the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art,{{Cite web|last=Candid|title=Northwestern's Block Museum Receives 68 Artworks From Peter Norton|url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/northwestern-s-block-museum-receives-68-artworks-from-peter-norton|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|language=en}} the Albright-Knox Art Gallery,{{Cite web|title=Matthew McCaslin {{!}} Albright-Knox|url=https://www.albrightknox.org/person/matthew-mccaslin|access-date=2021-05-13|website=www.albrightknox.org}} the Jewish Museum,{{Cite web|title=The Jewish Museum|url=https://travel.thejewishmuseum.org/collection/27592-being-the-light|access-date=2021-05-13|website=travel.thejewishmuseum.org}} the University of Michigan Museum of Art,{{Cite web|title=Exchange: Clock|url=https://exchange.umma.umich.edu/resources/41888/view|access-date=2021-05-13|website=exchange.umma.umich.edu}} the Portland Art Museum,{{Cite web|title=Alaska|url=http://portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=32646;type=101|access-date=2021-05-13|website=portlandartmuseum.us}} and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, among many others.{{cite web |url=http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/4645/lang/1 |title=Artfacts.net: Matthew McCaslin |accessdate=2008-10-09}}
Personal
He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, artist [http://amywilliamsstudio.com Amy Williams].
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518104959/http://www.geringlopez.com/artists/matthew-mccaslin/ Matthew McCaslin at Gering & López Gallery]
- [http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=11427&page_tab=Bio_and_links Matthew McCaslin] at artnet.
- [http://www.michaelkleinarts.com/artists%2Drepresented/matthew%2Dmccaslin/ Matthew McCaslin at Michael Klein Arts]
- [https://www.matthew-mccaslin.com www.matthew-mccaslin.com]
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Category:American contemporary artists