Artist: Matt Magee
Title: Fact 1 and Fact 2
2 One-color lithographs
19.5 in. X 14 in.
Cream Rives BFK paper
Edition of 20
2023
Available individually or as a set of two
Matt Magee "Fact 1 and Fact 2" Lithographs
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These lithographs were made in collaboration with Matt Magee during a residency at Obee Editions in 2023. The image titles reference works by Robert Rauschenberg, Factum 1 and Factum 2. Matt worked with Rauschenberg for over 20 years as an archivist. While at Obee Editions, located in Black Mountain NC, Matt was reminiscent of his time with Robert due to the historical connection with Black Mountain College, where he had been a student and instructor. The images are drawn from personal experiences by Matt but exemplify his interest in language, repetition, order, and pattern. The inverted images were actually drawn separately so the careful viewer will find differences in the line work. For the black print, the black is printed which gives the overall affect of rich satin-like quality to the print.
Matt's work references language, organization, structure, as well as the intuitive and the fluid. Best known for his minimal abstract geometric paintings, sculptures and prints, his work explores language symbolically with an emphasis on repetition and nods to art historical precedents.