MATCH: Exhibition Guide

Both Christo (ZB) and Mira Burack (f&c) depict and deploy the shroud in their work. Smaller, two-dimensional pieces reference wrapping or bundling, while larger installations use actual fiber to explore the purposes and significances of textiles. Burack was profoundly inspired by Christo early in her career, forming one of the most direct lines of influence in MATCH.

Jim Dine (ZB) and Susan Aaron-Taylor (f&c) examine the mystical and symbolic powers of the animal kingdom in these surreal portraits. Dine depicts a felled crow injet black and electric yellow, while Aaron-Taylor draws imagery from a dream she had about a human with a bird's head. The works share a conceptual undercurrent about the climate crisis and humanity's complicity in it. 

Wesley Anderegg (f&c) and Mimmo Paladino (ZB) work across two- and three-dimensional mediums, drawing inspiration from both the ancient and modern world. Both artists depict figures in idiosyncratic styles, producing colorful and playful artworks that bring a sense of great emotion to their subjects. 

Debra Baxter (f&c) and Louise Nevelson (ZB) are both known for experimental sculptural work utilizing natural materials. They also experiment with mediums outside sculpture such as print and jewelry, creating hauntingly beautiful work that captivates the viewer. Nevelson and Baxter's ghostly imagery highlights the complexities of their chosen medium. 

Through wild experimentation, Todd Ryan White (f&c) and Mel Bochner (ZB) push boundaries and dare viewers to indulge in their irreverence. Both artists play with depth and perspective, creating high-contrast visual effects that exemplify the artists' considerable capabilities. 

Jaque Fragua (f&c) and Ed Ruscha (ZB) pull inspiration from their unique experiences within their culture and surroundings. Both artists repurpose cultural iconography and language, creating witty artworks with ever-evolving meanings. 

Sam Gilliam (ZB) and Heidi Brandow (f&c) consolidate cultural influences in their densely layered creations. Brandow folds stories from her Indigenous heritage, and paper ephemera from her extensive travels, into mixed-media paintings. Gilliam draws inspiration from the improvisational energy of jazz to create compositional cacophonies. 

Erik H. Gellert (f&c) and Sol LeWitt  (ZB) wield spontaneous lines to create visually compelling compositional tangles. The artists approach their work with the same kinetic energy, never knowing exactly where their gestural lines will land. Gellert's sculpture and Lewitt's prints test the viewer's psychological and visual flexibility, creating a profound and thrilling viewing experience.

Thais Mather (f&c) and Kiki Smith (ZB) explore sacrifice and remembrance in these somber portraits. Mather's carved and scorched bust memorializes women who were killed in the witch-hunts of the Middle Ages, a practice that has informed modern patriarchal structures. Smith's print depicts the faces of the artist and her twin sisters Beatrice and Seton. Beatrice passed in the 198o's due to complications from HIV/AIDS. The marks on their faces reference one symptom of AIDS, and the shared burden of their loss. 

Matthew Mullins (f&c) and Donald Sultan (ZB) adapt natural imagery into graphic compositions that radically reframe their subject matter. Mullins intertwines patterns drawn from quilts and tiles with vibrant fauna, while Sultan extracts the boldest colors and forms from blooming flowers. They each inspire the viewer to experience nature anew. 

Nick Cave (ZB) and Mark Newport (f&c) both create elaborate and imaginative large-scale fiber suits that command closer examination. Cave and Newport's dimensional works explore the complexities of the body, gender, race, and culture. Though Cave and Newport's aesthetics differ, their suits are embedded with layered meaning. 

Tom Osgood (f&c) and Guy Dill (ZB) are formal sculptors who manipulate heavy, industrial materials in positively balletic ways. They share an improvisational ethos, conceptualizing their forms through gestural mediums such as drawing, painting and printmaking, and then letting the metal guide their final movements. Dill's monumental sculpture Boon is visible through the window to the left of this placard. 

Roberto Matta (ZB) was a master of surrealism, adapting his dreams and visions into dense and deeply symbolic compositions. Armond Lara (f&c) draws from another fantastical world in his series of artworks depicting puppets and performers, retelling Indigenous mythologies through the movements of spindly, Matta-esque figures. 

Matthew Szösz (f&c) and Olafur Eliasson (ZB) manipulate glass in alchemical ways, using the medium's translucent and reflective properties to alter the viewer's perception of the object. Both artists are known for their innovation and material experimentation. They approach materials with an innate impulse to alter, build, and investigate.