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Museums page for Matthew Monahan ((Born 1972)), known for Mixed-media figurative and abstract sculpture, drawing, printmaking. Showing 10 museum collections and exhibitions.
Matthew Monahan MUSEUMS
Born 1972. Known for: Mixed-media figurative and abstract sculpture, drawing, printmaking.
"Matthew Monahan," Art in America, Reviews, October 3, 2014, New York at Anton Kern, by David Ebony. Matthew Monahan doesn't want to tell a story or make a scene. He doesn't want his sculptures to... Read full biography
"Matthew Monahan," Art in America, Reviews, October 3, 2014, New York at Anton Kern, by David Ebony. Matthew Monahan doesn't want to tell a story or make a scene. He doesn't want his sculptures to sing or dance. "They are remote and incomplete and need a careful observer in order to survive," he... Read full biography
"Matthew Monahan," Art in America, Reviews, October 3, 2014, New York at Anton Kern, by David Ebony. Matthew Monahan doesn't want to tell a story or make a scene. He doesn't want his sculptures to sing or dance. "They are remote and incomplete and need a careful observer in order to survive," he wrote in the catalogue for his 2011 retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. Fragmented, twisted and tortured, his figures often appear trapped within their elaborate confines in this... Read full biography
"Matthew Monahan," Art in America, Reviews, October 3, 2014, New York at Anton Kern, by David Ebony. Matthew Monahan doesn't want to tell a story or make a scene. He doesn't want his sculptures to sing or dance. "They are remote and incomplete and need a careful observer in order to survive," he wrote in the catalogue for his 2011 retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. Fragmented, twisted and tortured, his figures often appear trapped within their elaborate confines in this exhibition, titled "Contenders," of 20 sculptures and reliefs and five charcoal drawings. The partial personages seem in some way to beg release from the bondage of armatures, frames and other structures the artist devises. Though never maudlin, and... Read full biography
"Matthew Monahan," Art in America, Reviews, October 3, 2014, New York at Anton Kern, by David Ebony. Matthew Monahan doesn't want to tell a story or make a scene. He doesn't want his sculptures to sing or dance. "They are remote and incomplete and need a careful observer in order to survive," he wrote in the catalogue for his 2011 retrospective at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. Fragmented, twisted and tortured, his figures often appear trapped within their elaborate confines in this exhibition, titled "Contenders," of 20 sculptures and reliefs and five charcoal drawings. The partial personages seem in some way to beg release from the bondage of armatures, frames and other structures the artist devises. Though never maudlin, and sometimes comic, the works suggest a metaphorical and universal cry for transcendence from the tyrannical restrictions of time and space.&... Read full biography
Matthew Monahan - Artist Info
About Matthew Monahan: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsBlanton Museum of Art, University of Texas (Austin)
200 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd,
Austin, TX 78712-0338Hammer Museum, UCLA
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's HQ
King's Road
London, United KingdomSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Tate Modern/Tate Gallery, London
Bankside
Se1 9Tg
London, United KingdomWalker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403