Volleyball #1
Matt Saunders
Volleyball #1, 2010—2011
Silver gelatin print on fiber-based paper
102 x 148 cm
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Overview
Saunder begins with traditional materials oil paint on stretched linen – then uses these paintings as ‘negatives’ to expose photosensitive paper. Light passes through the various materials for a range of effects. Painted forms and the structure of the linen support are conflated while the vagaries of the darkroom play a role in forming the image.
Grouping his subjects, which are drawn from films and photographs, into ‘Agents’ (perhaps actors, initiators or critical observers) and ‘Crowds’, Saunders poses a similar balance between individual portrait and historical scene. His installation for Sharjah is conceived as 'the irradiated trace of a picture gallery, or else a photographic standing for one that has gone missing.'
April 2011
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Artwork Images
Patrick McGoohan, Cigarette #3
Matt Saunders
2010—2011
Spray enamel on silver gelatin print on fiber-based paper
148 x 102 cm
Detail view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Agents, Crowds
Matt Saunders
2010—2011
Silver gelatin prints on fibre-based paper
Some with spray enamel
148 x 102 cm each
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Related
Saunders, Matt
Matt Saunders merges photography, painting and rotoscope animation to create uniquely processed and multilayered works that evoke cinematic iconography and celluloid history.
Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial
Accompanying and complementing the main premise of Sharjah Biennial 10, Plot for a Biennial explores the concept of a ‘conversation’ through printed matter.