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matt furie volume 1, 2005, #003
matt furie is male, born in columbus, ohio, in 1979. he received a b.f.a. from ohio wesleyan university in delaware. he currently lives in san francisco, california, and likes to have fun, dance, and draw. his media of choice: coloured pencils. matt also likes pen and ink, paint, mostly 2-d work. his influences include animals, audubon, comix, video game instruction booklets, flemish painting, richard scary, stuffed animals, toys, street sharks, tmnt, lsd, aphex twin, rave culture, sci-fi, dinosaurs, etc. 1. how would you explain 'art' - in 19 words or less? art is a way to process information, compare observations and play games (often dealing primarily with sex and death). 2. what is the first work of art you ever loved? the character 'falcor' from the neverending story. falcor is a white, dog-like luck-dragon that flies around at high speeds and grants wishes. i love falcor because he is a talking dog-dragon with human eyes that blink and move around in a cool way. 3. how important is theory to your art? if by 'theory' you mean 'fun: important. 4. describe your ideal art workspace. my ideal workplace would magically combine the urgency of the big city with the calming beauty of a forest. 5. describe your current art workspace. my current workspace is my bedroom. there's a bed, a computer, a stereo, two desks, and lots of colored pencils. no natural light. two bulletin boards and a dry erase board. 6.if you could be placed in suspended animation and safely reanimated at some time in the future with the sole purpose being to see how history treated you / your art, would you do it? i'd much rather go back in time and see some dinosaurs or america before it was called america. the future seems kind of scary. 7. who are some of your favourite artists (contemporary or canonical)? paperrad, mat brinkman, leif goldberg, c.f::::because they create cool and imaginative characters/scenarios. 8. tell us about a gallery (online or physical space) that you think rocks, and why you think it rocks. www.paperrad.org rocks harder than a pizza party on a friday in the spring. 9. would you choose the baked bean jaffle or the caramelised pumpkin and red onion tart with crispy radicchio and hazelnut salad with apple vinaigrette? i would choose the tart because i don't know what a jaffle is. maybe if i saw and smelled the two before choosing my choice would be different. 10. finish this sentence: "the work of art can / cannot be considered separately to the artist because ________." the work of art can be considered separately to the artist because the artist could be getting paid to do something for another artist. check out more of matt's work at: www.mattfurie.com |
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