MATTHEW BRANNON (b. 1971, USA),

'Untitled (Leopard / Cheetah)' (detail), 1913/2015

Artist's Stole / Scarf / Wrap

UNIQLO SPRZ NY Graphic Women's allover design stole. Lightweight, semi-sheer fabric. Dimensions: 51" x 51" (130 x 130 cm). Material: 100% Polyester. Hand wash cold. Imported. © Matthew Brannon. BRAND NEW with original tags.

Matthew Brannon's work turns on the opposition—and ever-mounting imbrication—of art and design. After an early stint as a painter, he began to draw his inspiration from those printed materials that mediate everyday life in late-capitalist, early twentyfirst- century America, from posters and advertisements to promotional flyers and take-out menus. But if Brannon's iconography conjures mass-produced, throwaway sources, his methods are laboriously handcrafted, even old-fashioned: screenprint, letterpress, and lithograph works, often executed in a limited palette and consistent in their graphic rigor. His art seems on first glance disarmingly direct. But as one turns to the text paired with his images for explication or illumination, disorder intervenes.

Utilizing the aesthetics of graphic art, Matthew Brannon's work explores the gulf between social ideals and personal crisis. Using screen printing as form of analogue reproduction, Brannon's images carry both the suggestion of mass replication and aura of original artworks. Directly challenging the void between language and actuality, Brannon often combines text and image to illustrate the potential for dysfunction.

His work has been exhibited at galleries and museums including Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the Badischer Kunstverein in Germany, the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, PS1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, the Royal Academy in London, and MAK in Vienna. He is represented by David Kordansky Gallery in Los Angeles and Office Baroque in Brussels, Belgium.

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