Matt Politano - New Gold Dream: A celebration of beauty, mystery, and the absurd.

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Matt Politano, "New Gold Dream: A celebration of beauty, mystery, and the absurd," 2021

Matt Politano - New Gold Dream: A celebration of beauty, mystery, and the absurd.

Artist's statement:

This collection embraces and celebrates ornamentation and embellishment, flights of fancy, and a journey into the surreal. After struggling with depression for a number of years, I wanted to push back against that ‘darkening’ of the world around me, and focus my art practice on creating images that brought me joy, and even laughter.

I drew on an eclectic set of reference points – including the Venetian Renaissance, Antoni Gaudí, Gustav Klimt, Grant Leier, Tim Walker, and Nick Bantock – and let myself explore the beauty of iridescents and metal leaf, layered materials, and the spaces in between. - Matt Politano

For a listing of available works in this exhibition, please visit us online at www.fortunegallery.ca