Me·men·to
noun
an object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event..
Mementos
2010 MFA Exhibition
Early Yearnings, 30 x 36 x 24 inch, Glass, Childhood Toy Box, 2010
Artist Statement
This body of work represents my deep fascination with objects. People tend to form emotional attachments to things that convey unique and individual meaning beyond their objective content. They become a source of reflection for a person, place or time. Mementos focuses on the way we identify with objects as memories. I incorporate both found and crafted materials, specifically using glass to draw parallels between the preciousness of objects and memories. The thematic content can be characterized as an archive of impressions and recollections in a style that is conspicuously rural.
Conceptually based on my experiences growing up, the works reflect not only a personal narrative but invite the viewer to contemplate broader relationships between objects and identity, visual forms and memory.
Matthew Patterson
Chain Reliquary: The Bonds that Hold, 27 X 8 X 8 Inch. Glass, Bronze, Chains, 2010
Glass Reliquary: Broken Dreams, 27 X 10 X 10 Inch, Glass, 2010
Reliquaries, 66 X 84 X 16 Inch, Glass, Wood, Steel, Found Objects, 2010
Reliquaries (detail)
Vanitas, 60 X 36 X 24 Inch, Glass, Wood, Found Objects, 2010
Vanitas (detail)
Memento Mori, 78 X 108 X 96 Inch, Glass, Wood, Steel, 2010
Memento Mori (details)
The Taxonomy of Memory I, 32 X 17 X 2 Inch, Glass, Wood, 2010
The Taxonomy of Memory II, 32 X 20 X 2 Inch, Glass, Wood, 2010
The Taxonomy of Memory III, 32 X 17 X 2 Inch, Glass, Wood, 2010
Compulsions, 16 X 5 X 2 Inch, Glass, Wood, Found Objects, 2010
Curios, 36 X 96 X 26 Inch, Glass, Wood, 2010
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