Matt Small biography in Biographies from the artzine on artrepublic.comMatt Small’s unusual portraits are painted directly onto found used pieces of metal giving his work a raw, urban immediacy. His subjects are also found, filmed without their knowledge in and around London, enabling Matt to bypass the posed, staginess of a lot of portraiture. Executed with astonishingly textured brushstrokes, Matt produces works with a thick visceral painterly quality that feel both abstract and incredibly real and vital.  |
