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Mat Collishaw: The Machine Zone
Exhibition February 25 − June 25, 2022
"I work with the inner mechanisms of the visual image and how those mechanisms affect our consciousness."-Mat Collishaw
Mat Collishaw is one of the most important artists in the history of contemporary British art, and his name is inextricably linked with the Young British Artists (YBA) movement. A fellow student of Damien Hirst at Goldsmiths College, Collishaw was one of 16 young artists who participated in the legendary Freeze exhibition organized by Hirst in 1988.
In a successful 30-year career, Collishaw has become a symbol of conceptual art and a master of visual embodiment. Each of his projects is a bright new event of the art scene, gathering thousands of viewers in museums and galleries around the world.
Exploring the nature of the human subconscious and the ways to influence it through various media, Collishaw creates his unique works - optical illusions, paintings, projections and moving sculptures - that engage the viewer and force him to think about fundamental questions of psychology, history and science. Behind the brightness and visual appeal of each work there is a profound exploration of how we perceive the world today through visual images, and how modern technology is changing our perception of the world, manipulating consciousness and programming our actions.
"I'm trying to figure out exactly what happens when we create an image, a simulacrum of the world, and how much it separates us from the real world... And in this I draw on many different fields, from evolutionary biology, which occupies me so much, to the history of art and emerging technology."-Matt Collishaw
Mat Collishaw is one of the most important artists in the history of contemporary British art, and his name is inextricably linked with the Young British Artists (YBA) movement. A fellow student of Damien Hirst at Goldsmiths College, Collishaw was one of 16 young artists who participated in the legendary Freeze exhibition organized by Hirst in 1988.
In a successful 30-year career, Collishaw has become a symbol of conceptual art and a master of visual embodiment. Each of his projects is a bright new event of the art scene, gathering thousands of viewers in museums and galleries around the world.
Exploring the nature of the human subconscious and the ways to influence it through various media, Collishaw creates his unique works - optical illusions, paintings, projections and moving sculptures - that engage the viewer and force him to think about fundamental questions of psychology, history and science. Behind the brightness and visual appeal of each work there is a profound exploration of how we perceive the world today through visual images, and how modern technology is changing our perception of the world, manipulating consciousness and programming our actions.
"I'm trying to figure out exactly what happens when we create an image, a simulacrum of the world, and how much it separates us from the real world... And in this I draw on many different fields, from evolutionary biology, which occupies me so much, to the history of art and emerging technology."-Matt Collishaw
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