Manuel Mathieu
07 - 13 Dec 2015
MANUEL MATHIEU
fig-2 49/50
7 – 13 December 2015
On its penultimate week, fig-2 realises the first solo exhibition by painter Manuel Mathieu, the successful applicant of the fig-2 open call for students. Mathieu was chosen from 235 applications from over 25 different Universities and Colleges around the UK from diverse fields including art, fashion, mathematics and science. Mathieu will show four new paintings that he completed over the past three months. His paintings oscillate between figurative and abstract, making use of various techniques against the canvas such as frottage and intervention. Mathieu concentrates on the isolation of the individual, amplifying the subject’s surrounding by depicting desolate yet intriguing voids. Influenced by seminal painters such as Alex Collville, Mathieu appropriates scenes and scenarios that reside in collective consciousness, drawing them into new windows of perception.
Manuel Mathieu (b. 1986, Haiti) lives and works in London. He is Currently doing his Master at Goldsmiths University of London. Recent projects include: Solo show 49/50, fig-2, London (2015); Group show at the Grand Palais, Paris(2014); Group show at the museum of Contemporary art in Montreal (2014); Group show at the POPOP Gallery, Montreal (2014); Group show at the Museum of Civilization, Quebec (2013); Solo show Les Territoires Gallery, Montreal (2013).
fig-2 49/50
7 – 13 December 2015
On its penultimate week, fig-2 realises the first solo exhibition by painter Manuel Mathieu, the successful applicant of the fig-2 open call for students. Mathieu was chosen from 235 applications from over 25 different Universities and Colleges around the UK from diverse fields including art, fashion, mathematics and science. Mathieu will show four new paintings that he completed over the past three months. His paintings oscillate between figurative and abstract, making use of various techniques against the canvas such as frottage and intervention. Mathieu concentrates on the isolation of the individual, amplifying the subject’s surrounding by depicting desolate yet intriguing voids. Influenced by seminal painters such as Alex Collville, Mathieu appropriates scenes and scenarios that reside in collective consciousness, drawing them into new windows of perception.
Manuel Mathieu (b. 1986, Haiti) lives and works in London. He is Currently doing his Master at Goldsmiths University of London. Recent projects include: Solo show 49/50, fig-2, London (2015); Group show at the Grand Palais, Paris(2014); Group show at the museum of Contemporary art in Montreal (2014); Group show at the POPOP Gallery, Montreal (2014); Group show at the Museum of Civilization, Quebec (2013); Solo show Les Territoires Gallery, Montreal (2013).