Matthew Bone(twitter.com/matthewebone)'s Interests
General
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
Nothing of him doth fade, but
Doth suffer a sea change into something
Rich and strange.
William Shakespeare, The Tempest
Music
Movies
Television
Arrested Development.... that's about it. Wait.... oh yeah,Veronica Mars and Heroes too.
Books
As many as possible.
Heroes
Caravaggio, Jenny Saville, Mark Romanek, Will Cotton, Damien Loeb, Tobe Hooper, Joel Peter and Jerome Witkin, Leigh Bowery, Alexander McQueen, Gottfried Helnwein, Marilyn Minter
About me: Matthew Bone was born into and reared by a clan of Tuscan Raiders in Los Angeles . Raised on a diet of comic books, horror movies, and pornography, Matthew injects a distinctive voice into his painting. Pride, lust, vengeance, the lurid underbelly of humanity, and the allegories that illustrate the consequences of it's revelation has long been the focus of Matthew Bone's work. By utilizing the conventions of pop culture, and it's willingness to embrace the artifice as the sincere, Matthew is able to create a reinvisioned modern mythology. Matthew's work can be seen internationally. He lives at the bottom of a wishing well in downtown Los Angeles.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Beautiful, ugly, awkward, skinny, fat, amazing, breathtaking, inspiring, delicious, sweaty, people to paint.
upcoming shows 2008 April: "Transgression" group show
Last Rites Gallery NYC, NY August: "Crazy for Cult" Gallery 1988 LA, CA. November:"Visionaries" Canvas LA, CA. December:"Like Giving a Kid a Loaded Gun" Copro Nason Gallery Santa Monica, CA (solo show). 2009 March:: "Southern" Matthew Bone and Brian Viveros Last Rites Gallery NYC, NY
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Thanks for adding me back. As an amateur painter myself, it's easy to get discouraged, but your work has given me the kick in the teeth that I needed. Keep on doin' what you do!
Hey Mathew, .... two things... One... would you and your lady like to visit for that Key West trip (i'm sure i mentioned last year) this July? .. And two... have you started, or do you still plan on using me for your painting? :)
