Mathew Sawyer, FUCK YOU to the future (without me), 2014, C-Type Print, 103 x 70 cm. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, Lonodn
MATHEW SAWYER
Please Take All Your Rubbish With You
16 January – 21 February 2015
Maria Stenfors, London
I meet with friends
no one but me is aware
I’ve tied one of my shoelaces
tighter than the other
it’s barely noticeable
but at times all-consuming
I bury the words FUCK YOU
set in concrete
to be discovered at some unknown point in the future
how big is the invisible trap?
I stack pennies
37 precarious
one from each year I’ve been here
the newest the brightest
stupid music
I drink myself drunk as I walk
collecting feathers
in the morning a sculpture
please take all your rubbish with you
Maria Stenfors is pleased to present Mathew Sawyer’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Mathew Sawyer (b. 1977) graduated from The Royal College of Art in 2002 and lives and works in London. Notable solo exhibitions include: Spacex, 2014; Rokeby Gallery, 2011; Swallow Street, curated by Sarah McCrory, 2009; Galleria Sonia Rosso, Italy, 2008 and 2005 and Jack Hanley Gallery, USA, 2005. Sawyer has also been included in the Serpentine Gallery Map Marathon, as well as shown at White Columns, New York, The Prague Biennial, The Whitechapel, The Approach, Lisson, The Royal Festival Hall, London and Kunstmuseum Luzern.
Mathew Sawyer will be doing a musical performance in the gallery on Friday 13 February from 7pm
Maria Stenfors
Unit 10, 21 Wren Street,
London WC1X 0HF UK
020 7837 0819
info@mariastenfors.com
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Opening hours
Tuesday – Friday: 11.00 am – 6.00 pm
Saturday: 11.00 am – 3.00 pm
Or by appointment
Installation view. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London
Mathew Sawyer, Feathers collected whilst drunk (Devon)’, 2014, Chair, feathers, acrylic paint, 86 x 45 x 42 cm. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London
Mathew Sawyer, Sleep Dreamt a Brother, 2014; ‘Part 1’ (centre), Oil and acrycli on paper, 83 x 64 cm, ‘Part 2’ (top, left), Oil, charcoal, acrylic on paper, 65.5 x 48 cm, ‘Part 3 (bottom, left), Watercolour and gouache on paper, 56 x 38 cm, ‘Part 4’(top, right), Charcoal and acrylic on paper, 65.5 x 48 cm, ‘Part 5’ (bottom, right), Charcoal and oil pastel on paper, 36 x 48 cm. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London
Mathew Sawyer, Self-Portrait as the bottom of my shoe, 2015, Shoe, Crystacal R, 30 x 11 x 18 cm. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London
Installation View, Courtesy the artist and maria Stenfors, London
Mathew Sawyer, Ping Pong Ball, 2014, C-Type print, paper, felt, frame, 44 x 62 cm. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London
Mathew Sawyer, Occupant, 2014, C-Type print, 89 x 65 cm. Courtesy the artist and Maria Stenfors, London