Matthew Sleeth

The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization (And Other Obvious Metaphors)

Lyndal — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:57:00 +0000

The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization (And Other Obvious Metaphors) Claire Oliver Gallery, 513 West 26th Street New York, November 28 to December 31 2011.

Installation view

Detail

Concrete is hard

Lyndal McIlwaine — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:30:20 +0000

In the process of making The Rise and Fall of Western Civilization, I’ve learned more about concrete than I thought I would ever need to.

Four shades of nearly identical grey, all subtly different

Casting molds

The Penis Show

Lyndal McIlwaine — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:05:09 +0000

I met Rosalie Schweiker in Singapore during Tropical Lab 5 at La Salle College. When she asked me to contribute to The Emely Touring, a mobile group show of contemporary art around a random theme.
For 2011 the theme was “Genitalia” and I decided to delve back into a passion for electronics from my youth and create an LED sculpture of a vagina.
How I wonder…, is made from printed circuit board, masonite, LEDs, custom hardware and custom software.

How I wonder...

The show has been installed twice in 2011, in January at Mario d’Agostino’s House, London and in October at Cafe Gallery Projects, London.

Installation view, Mario D'Agostino's house

Installation view, Cafe Gallery Projects