Matt Mays / Other Voice on Green

I too create work that is green in nature. Currently, I'm
in a National recycled art show at the AZ Museum for
Youth and was just the featured green artist in the
Nov/Dec's Kontakt Magazine Green issue.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Start listening for time. It is a notion, an illusion that
dictates every aspect of our lives. It is our landscape,
the arrow being the horizon; the horizon being a reference
that's safe. Symmetry is best seen in the human face.
The more symmetrical, the more beautiful; also far
less memorable. My work revolves around the ever-evolving
cast of human emotions which resist simple understandings
and live beyond the bounds. In this series of sculpture,
process echoes concept. Each work is a compilation?
a symphony, both harmonic and discordant?
slices of prior purposes. To create things alien to consumers.
Blue jeans were once the face of the working class,
today they a status symbol.
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BIO
Matt Mays was born in Sydney, Australia and grew up
on a tobacco farm in Appomattox, Va. He received a BFA
in Illinois and has studied at The Art Students League in NYC.
He worked for many years as a studio assistant to a pupil
of artist, Hans Hofmann. His work is owned by all types
of folks, including legend Willie Nelson, West Coast
Chopper's Jesse James, The Abraham Lincoln Presidential
Library and Google. He is 2007's recipient of the Professional
Development Grant from the Arizona Commission of the
Arts and is involved in the Arcosanti project. His next s
how will be at the Arizona Museum for Youth.
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Kontakt Magazine Green issue links:
http://www.kontaktmag.com/print_issue/2008/octobernovember-2008/
http://www.kontaktmag.com/art/artist/matt-mays-%e2%80%93-blurring-the-line-that-separates-humanity-from-nature/
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For information on Matt Mays, click on his web site
listed on this blog on the right, under "Other Voices on Green"
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All 3 images © artist Matt Mays