From 18 September to 15 November 2008 in the Gallery of Gary Tatintsyan (www.tatintsian.com) held exhibition of Tony Matelli (Tony Matelli, USA, 1971) - one of the most talented and promising American artists, rebels

art market has not yet managed to fully crawl in the sleepy summer season, and the gallery has to make plans for the autumn. From 18 September to 15 November 2008 in the Gallery of Gary Tatintsyan ( www.tatintsian.com ) held exhibition of Tony Matelli (Tony Matelli, USA, 1971) - one of the most talented and promising American artists rebels. His work is not the first time will be presented in Moscow. Several years ago the artist remembered his sculpture Fuck'd - tortured «blows of fate» monkey, for which the attributes of civilization have become the instruments of torture. In the past, the assistant Jeff Koons, Tony Matelli develops the experience to a new level, experiencing acute topics of concern to their generation, while preserving the principle of the perfection of production, meticulous treatment of detail as immutable rule.

His work - outside all norms of political correctness, and code of social conduct. On their characters by the artist himself said so: «They are confused by the, because I was too muzzy. I think that is the current state of life ».

Themes of loneliness, abandonment, decay, fleetingness of life, dying, death and rebirth, it would seem that is not peculiar to the younger generation, the focus of his attention. Nevertheless, his work there and the shadow of pessimism and despair. Rather, it is ironic attitude first of all to themselves and to the absurdity of the whole place, the desire to question everything that someone seems intact, critical approach to the importance of some civilizational achievements.

The first personal exhibition in Moscow will be presented to a wide range of techniques and genres, in which the artist. This giperrealisticheskie sculpture of silicone, and bronze sculptures imitating objects that are least suited to play in this traditional technique. This masterfully made collages based on the artist's self-executed, like the Renaissance Giuseppe Arcimboldo as ruzzle of fruit and vegetables, meat and meat products.

Despite their youth, with Tony Matelli behind participation in the Biennale of the Whitney Museum, New York (Whitney Museum of American Art, NY) and a host of influential exhibitions in museums and galleries worldwide, including the Palais de Tokyo, MOMA (New York), KW Institute of Contemporary Art (Berlin), Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), Dunedin Public Art Gallery (New Zealand), Georg Kolbe Museum (Berlin).

Opening of the exhibition will be held Sept. 18, 2008 from 19.00 until 21:00 in the Gallery of Gary Tatintsyan. Admission is free.

Source: www.tatintsian.com