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Online now: MattFlix 50 - Katharine Meynell Katharine Meynell Soil 21 June - 23 August 2024 Follow the link in our bio to watch now. MattFlix is pleased to present 'Soil' (2024) by Katharine Meynell. 'Soil' is a single channel video, in part of images, events and performances created during a residency at Live Art Ireland in Tipperary. "In and of the soil, as a delicate yet mighty balancing act. "It started as a diary and a love poem written during a ‘soil residency’ in Tipperary, it became a performance sitting in a bucket of earth and lying in a duvet of turf. Infused with the dearness of justice, my thoughts shifted between resignation and hope. I raked over these and a collage of images were subsequently added. It was made without budget, often as selfies (cameras taped to window frames, etc) fittingly made within an economy of means. This is an account of a symbiotic bond to the earth, it takes a dip into the political, economic and biological. It reflects on the proximity to soil that is emotional, physical and inevitable." - KM, June 2024 @meynellkatharine

Harminder Judge, A Ghost Dance 24 May – 7 July 2024 Matt’s Gallery & The Sunday Painter Private View & Performance: Thursday 23 May, 6-9pm at both spaces Exhibition Continues: 24 May – 7 July 2024 Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm at both spaces Free entry Harminder Judge’s ‘A Ghost Dance’ is a single exhibition of new work across both Matt’s Gallery and The Sunday Painter in South London.  Located just 10 minutes’ walk from each other, the two spaces are pleased to present an exhibition in two parts. The galleries have worked collaboratively to help Judge realise a new body of work that brings the artist’s wall-based plaster pieces into dialogue with new developments with free standing and floor-based sculptures.  ‘A Ghost Dance’ is a show that references funeral rites, processions and the presence of ghosts and spirits. It draws on persistent themes in Judge’s work: life, death, ritual and rebirth, creating parallels between the deconstructed body and the cosmos.  For Matt’s Gallery, Judge will work at scale, developing a monumental, enveloping expanse of material, pigment and colour for the space and setting this in dialogue with new discreet, floor-based semi-figurative works redolent of funereal urns or totems. For The Sunday Painter, Judge will combine new works on a smaller scale with a new cadaver-like sculpture devised for their space. A processional performance between the two spaces will take place on the opening night, recalling early performance works by the artist. The exhibition will be accompanied by a new essay by Susanna Davies-Crook, building on her previous text ‘Spectres and Portals: The Work of Harminder Judge’, produced for the artist’s debut solo show in India at Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai in 2023. ‘A Ghost Dance’ at Matt’s Gallery is supported by the Henry Moore Foundation @henrymoorefdn_grants @harminderjudge  @thesundaypainter  #ghostdance  #mattsgallery  #nineelms  #paintings  #contemporaryart

🚨Final few tickets!🚨 Free, BOOK via 🔗 in bio 🔊🪐Event: A—Z, Always Coming Home - Chapter 2🪐🔊 28 June 2024, 7-10pm Matt’s Gallery 🎥 Screenings 🎤 Performance Lecture 🔊Live Set @blisscarmxn @transvoicesuk @hausofila @codanicolaeff @jjchan.co.uk @sarahhowe.co.uk @billy_klotsa @utopian_realism @a___________________________z Join us for the second chapter in the A—Z programmed series Always Coming Home (in four Chapters), exploring affect and deep emotion in our broken world. Sarah Howe and JJ Chan’s new video work titled “Doncaster By The Sea” touches on national, familial relations and gender nonconformity; “dive into the marks on your head look like stars in the sky” by utopian_realism, a performance-lecture on dolphins and their representation in pop culture and John C. Lilly’s obsession. In the second part of the evening, “the myths of Icarus” Billy Klosta’s latest moving image work explored as a queer tender, melancholic poem; and ending with “Andromeda”, the first sharing of an alt-pop live set by Bliss Carmxn with Trans Voices co-founders ILĀ and Coda Nicolaeff, touching on explorations of love and longing, of connection out of time, and of the return of a collective galactic love letter. A---Z, Always Coming Home is a new series of events for Matt’s Gallery, programmed by exploratory producing platform A---Z (Anne Duffau), as a development of a recent research on the affect of visual and sound in narrative, featuring works by: Bliss Carmxn, Sarah Howe & JJ Chan, utopian_realism, Matt Carter, Vivenne Griffin,Billy Klotsa, Tarek Lakhrissi, Jennifer Martin, Josèfa Ntjam, Philomene Pirecki, Harold Offeh, Emily Pope, Fuyuhiko Takata, Josh Woolford, Abbas Zahedi, A—Z. Supported by a Research Project Grant from the Royal College of Art, London.

Last chance to see @harminderjudge , A Ghost Dance at Matt's Gallery and @thesundaypainter Exhibition ends this Sunday, 7 July Open Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm across both spaces "Judge is an expert with his materials, and the works become more than the sum of their parts, summoning the emotional force of funeral rites and spiritual rituals." @emilycsteer , @plinthuk Located just 10 minutes’ walk from each other, Matt’s Gallery and The Sunday Painter are pleased to present an exhibition in two parts. The galleries have worked collaboratively to help Judge realise a new body of work that brings the artist’s wall-based plaster pieces into dialogue with new developments with free standing and floor-based sculptures. A Ghost Dance is a show that references funeral rites, processions and the presence of ghosts and spirits. It draws on persistent themes in Judge’s work: life, death, ritual and rebirth, creating parallels between the deconstructed body and the cosmos. The exhibition will remain open by appointment to Sunday 14 July . To make an appointment please email tim.dixon@mattsgallery.org or lisa@thesundaypainter.co.uk A Ghost Dance at Matt’s Gallery is supported by the Henry Moore Foundation @henrymoorefdn_grants

#TBT « Always Coming Home » | Chapter 2 at @mattsgallerylondon THANKS SO MUCH to everyone who joined ❤️‍🔥 MEGA THANKS to all the amazing artists ❤️‍🔥 @billy_klotsa @sarahhowe.co.uk @jjchan.co.uk @utopian_realism @blisscarmxn @hausofila @codanicolaeff @transvoicesuk And SUPER THANKS to Matt’s Gallery ❤️‍🔥@timothy_dixon @leilaarenou @robinklassnik @bl_y_the to #tomphillips for the sound and @clo.xyz ❤️‍🔥 for the pictures and videos both incoming soooon Coming up Chapter 3/4 | 13/14 September 2024 1- Billy Klotsa, Icarus, 2024 2/3/4- utopian_realism, the marks on your head look like stars in the sky , 2024 5- Sarah Howe and JJ Chan, Doncaster By The Sea, 2024 6/7/8/9- Bliss Carmxn with Trans Voices co-founders ILĀ and Coda Nicolaeff, Andromeda, Live set 10- the beautiful crowd 😍

Artist News: We are happy to announce that Jordan Baseman has been awarded a commission as part of FORMAT25 for their recent Dancing Through Time open call. He will exhibit new work made during the commission period as part of the FORMAT International Photography Festival in 2025. Jordan Baseman is a visual artist and filmmaker. He received a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and an MA from Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Baseman is currently Reader in Time-Based Media, Senior Tutor in Moving Image at the Royal College of Art, London. Baseman has a long history of creating projects in collaboration with UK-based and international, not-for-profit and public institutions. The artworks are installations, audio works, and single-screen films. His films are frequently featured in international exhibitions and film festivals. He is represented by Matt's Gallery. Find out more: @jordanbaseman @formatfestival Image: production still for Jordan Baseman’s project “Land of a Thousand Dances” for the Dancing Through Time Commission. The image depicts Wilson Pickett and Patti Smith, both musicians who covered their own versions of the song Land of a Thousand Dances, directly informing the work that Jordan Baseman will make.

Thank you @blisscarmxn @transvoicesuk @hausofila @codanicolaeff @jjchan.co.uk @sarahhowe.co.uk @billy_klotsa @utopian_realism @a___________________________z for making Chapter 2 of Always Coming Home at Matt’s Gallery last night so brilliant! Thank you to everyone who came down and who took part. News of chapters 3 and 4 coming soon…

Harminder Judge’s A Ghost Dance is open for just another week. Weds-Sun 12-6pm until July 7 at Matt’s Gallery and The Sunday Painter. @harminderjudge @thesundaypainter

✨ TODAY ✨ “Always Coming Home” Chapter 2 A—-Z at @mattsgallerylondon Ticket holders arrive at 7pm sharp! Schedule: - Sarah Howe and JJ Chan, « Doncaster By The Sea », 2024 - utopian_realism, « the marks on your head look like stars in the sky », 2024 Performance-lecture - Billy Klotsa, « Icarus », 2024 - Bliss Carmxn with Trans Voices co-founders ILĀ and Coda Nicolaeff, « Andromeda », Live set 1- A—-Z Poster 2- Billy Klotsa, « Icarus », 2024 3- Sarah Howe and JJ Chan, « Doncaster By The Sea », 2024 4- utopian_realism, live set at Iklectik, Sept 2023 for A—-Z event 5- Bliss Carmxn picture 6- Ilā and Coda Nicolaeff Supported by a Research Project Grant from the Royal College of Art, London @blisscarmxn @transvoicesuk @hausofila  & @codanicolaeff @jjchan.co.uk @sarahhowe.co.uk @billy_klotsa @utopian_realism @mattsgallerylondon @a___________________________z

Online now: We are pleased to present Katherine Meynell, 'Soil' (2024) for the 50th edition of our MattFlix series! MattFlix is an ongoing series of online projects which began in April 2020, when the gallery had closed its doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, artists have been invited to make or propose work for an online context. These are often videos, but not always. You can explore previous editions of MattFlix online now in our archive. (Link in bio) Katharine Meynell, @meynellkatharine Soil 21 June - 23 August 2024 'Soil' is a single channel video, in part of images, events and performances created during a residency at Live Art Ireland in Tipperary. "In and of the soil, as a delicate yet mighty balancing act.” Follow the link in our bio to watch now! The MattFlix Archive includes work by: @mania_akbari_ & @douglaswhiteart , @kathryn_attrill , @jordanbaseman , Anne Bean, Dean Blunt, @angusbraithwaite , @bronwenbuckeridge , @qwallah , @juancruz250 , @influential_bro , Willie Doherty, @benedictdrew , Jimmie Durham, Paul Eachus & @nooshin.farhid , @graham_fagen , @possessions_inc , @grimesoona , @lucyclairegunning , @joeyholder__ , @melanie.jjj , @tarzan_kingofthejungle , @rebecca.lennon , @lawrencelek , @zeinxmajali , @lukemccreadie , @nathanielmellors , @richiemoment , @manfredopenarms , @charlieosborne.xyz , @tolkien_artist , @janetteparris , @bryangiusepi , @lindsayseers1 & @keithsargent3x3x3.tv , @taishani , @mariannasimnett , Paul Tarragó, Jennet Thomas, @_carolynthompson_ , Suzanne Treister, @alison.turnbull22 , @josephwalshstudio and @m.williams.gamaker .

🌊🐬🌅ARTIST FOCUS Featuring: utopian_realism 🌅🐬🌊 Part of A—Z | ‘Always Coming Home’ | Chapter 2🪐🔊 28 June 2024 | 7-10pm utopian_realism (Alessandro Moroni) originates from a fascination with the aesthetics and communities revolving around internet-native music genres and explores concepts of nostalgia cycles, controlled escapism, commodified utopian narratives and collapsing myths of progress. 🎥 incl. Screenings 🎤 Performance Lecture 🔊Live Set Chapter 2 Feat. Bliss Carmxn with Trans Voices co-founders ILĀ and Coda Nicolaeff, Sarah Howe & JJ Chan, Billy Klotsa, utopian_realism Supported by a Research Project Grant from the Royal College of Art, London @blisscarmxn @transvoicesuk @hausofila & @codanicolaeff @jjchan.co.uk @sarahhowe.co.uk @billy_klotsa @utopian_realism @mattsgallerylondon @a___________________________z

Artist News: Bidding is now open for the Drawing Biennial 2024, which features Matt’s Gallery artists Alison Turnbull and Lindsay Seers & Keith Sargent Bidding is live and ends 8pm, 3 July, with a starting price of £300 for every drawing. You can register and start bidding and see all the incredible works available in person at the gallery (Wed-Sun 12-6pm) or online at biennial.drawingroom.org.uk.  Drawing Room/Tannery Arts Unit 1b New Tannery Way Bermondsey London SE1 5WS Drawing Biennial 2024 is a vibrant pulse-check of contemporary drawing in 2024, as well as a vital fundraiser that provides Drawing Room with funding for the next two years of activity, supporting artists and the community through championing drawing.  Find out more: @drawingroom_ldn  @alison.turnbull22 @lindsayseers1 @keithsargent3x3x3.tv