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New work by Matt Lock

Saturday, July 21, 2012
Domy Books - Austin
913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702
7-9pm, FREE...
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SUMMARY:Matt Lock\, Hammer of Power
DESCRIPTION:Hammer of Power\n
 New work by Matt Lock\n
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 Saturday\, July 21\, 2012\n
 Domy Books - Austin\n
 913 E Cesar Chavez\, Austin\, TX 78702\n
 7-9pm\, FREE http://bit.ly/M21Juo\n
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 Exhibition runs July 21-August 30\, 2012\n
 The artist will be present at the opening.\n
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 The "might is right" approach makes for a highly organized\,
 albeit sadistic\, low-tech paradise in my latest series of
 drawings. I started out with a strong desire to make a lot of
 utopian scenes as I was no longer satisfied drawing crumbling
 post-apocalyptic wastelands. A few battle scenes worked as a back
 story\, illustrating the path of destruction leading towards the
 pieces showing the aforementioned low-tech paradise. The project
 morphed into something more sinister when I began to take
 inspiration from 70's giallo and sexploitation movies\, turning
 the emotionless masked-faced characters into sadistic humanoid
 traffickers and general bullies. It all came together smoothly\,
 as all the drawings depicting comfortable leisure scenes and
 polished futuristic lodgings were offset by an open and unabashed
 darkness\; a kind of payoff for order/organization. \n
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 Note that there is absolutely no intention of transmitting any
 political message here. It's kind of just a combination of grim
 medieval interests with fading visions of a sexless technological
 utopia. I like the idea of illustrating some kind of necessary
 "evil" point in history in which cold tyrants make all kinds of
 great leaps of progress...all brains and no hearts perhaps.\n
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 Matthew Lock is a 27 year old artist currently living and working
 out of New Jersey. The bulk of Lock's artwork is made up of
 detailed line-drawings on standard sized pastel paper. He paints
 with acrylics from time to time and dabbles in watercolours every
 so often. Obvious inspirations are science-fiction\,
 post-apocalyptic or futuristic landscapes\, medieval art\,
 mysteries\, and awkward situations. In the past few years\, his
 work has been featured around the globe in large group shows.
 Places of note include: Hong Kong\, Paris\, Berlin\, New York
 City\, Los Angeles and London (to name a few.) Matt has had solo
 books published by Nieves Books\, Éditions du Livre\, and
 Cederteg Publishing. In addition his art has been featured in
 many books featuring international artists. In April 2010\, Lock
 had his first solo exhibition at Feinkunst Krüger in Hamburg\,
 Germany.\n
 When: Saturday\, July 21\, 2012 at 12:00 PM - Thursday\, August
 30\, 2012 at 1:00 PM\n
 Where: Domy Books - Austin\n
 Attendees: 1 http://plancast.com/p/c4yc
URL:http://plancast.com/p/c4yc
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