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Matthew Perez

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Six oil paintings of various dimensions hang in bilateral symmetry on 3 blue walls.

Matthew Perez, 16th St. Altarpiece, 2021. House Paint, Vinyl Paint, Acrylic Paint, Oil on Canvas and Wood. 95.5 x 85.75 x 108.75 inches.

 

Four paintings hang on a blue wall. There is a large central painting with green figures floating around in abstract space. There is a square hole in the center of this painting that houses a smaller portrait. To the left and right of the central painting are two paintings with the same composition and identical figures but in different moments of time. Above the paintings there are three arched openings that have been painted onto the wall. Inside the openings are three separate figures.

Matthew Perez, 16th St. Altarpiece (Center Wall), 2021. House Paint, Vinyl Paint, Acrylic Paint, Oil on Canvas and Wood. 95.5 x 85.75 inches.

 

A scene from the perspective of someone in the backseat of a car going down the freeway at night. The inside of the car is dark besides for the light coming from the dashboard. This scene is framed by mist, an egg with a human fetus inside of it, and a floating green figure.

Matthew Perez, Ascent (Detail), 2021. House Paint, Vinyl Paint, Acrylic Paint, Oil on Canvas and Wood.
60 x 39.5 inches.

 

Close up of the portrait sitting inside the square hole of the larger central painting. A green figure in the larger painting lifts up the square hole where the portrait sits.

Matthew Perez, Is that you? (Installation View), 2021. Oil on Wood.
6 x 6 inches.

 

A portrait of a disheveled man whose long hair is on fire. They are unconcerned as if they are unaware of the fire.

Matthew Perez, Is that you?, 2021. Oil on Wood.
6 x 6 inches.

 

An emaciated humanoid figure with tree trunk like legs on fire. Its eyes reach out of its head and look upwards.

Matthew Perez, Yuruga (Installation View), 2021. Oil on Canvas. 54 x 20 inches.

 

A figure hides inside of the humanoid figures tree trunk like legs. We only see the figures' eyes, fingers, and feet emerging from the darkness within the legs. The humanoid figure and surrounding landscape are on fire.

Matthew Perez, Yuruga (Detail), 2021. Oil on canvas.
54 x 20 inches.

 

A pregnant humanoid figure with appendages that grow fetuses. Ears extend sideways out of its mask-like head.

Matthew Perez, Nommo (Detail), 2021. Oil on canvas.
54 x 20 inches.

 

A figure falls face first from the opening of a tree trunk into dirt.

Matthew Perez, Passage, 2021. Oil on Canvas.
48 x 36 inches.

 

A disembodied figure holds onto a string that connects to fleshy fetuses on either end. The figure appears to have no skin and its large hand has long unkempt winding nails that weave in and out of rays emanating from its head.

Matthew Perez, Weaving, 2020. Oil on Canvas.
54 x 20 inches.

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