It’s the Political Economy, Stupid: Agent Matthew J. Mahler
Agent Matthew J. Mahler
Drop Dead, 2011, Black enamel on black lucite, 25 x 20.5 inches
This project offered a unique challenge for me. As an artist who generally communicates through abstraction, I was forced to work within the confines of the group’s agreed constraints while still staying true to my aesthetic sensibility. After a few weeks of planning, my original ideas evolved and ultimately culminated in a piece that combines aggressive language with subtle use of material.
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As self-declared Artists in Residence for the US Government, the Institute for Wishful Thinking (IWT) believes that the community of artists and designers possesses untapped creative and conceptual resources that could be applied to solving social problems. More