MATTHEW BRANNON
B 1971, Anchorage, AK
Lives and works in NY

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    Concerning Vietnam

     

    Skirting the Issue

     

    Never Look Back When Leaving

     

    NO. 17

     

    Gentleman’s Relish

     

    Drawings

     

    Not So Subtle Subtitle, curated by Matthew Brannon

    ARTFORUM | JAN TUMLIR ON MATTHEW BRANNON

    Matthew Brannon in Frieze Magazine November/December issue

    Matthew Brannon’s Skirting the Issue featured in Artforum’s Critics’ Picks

    Matthew Brannon’s Skirting the Issue named one of the five must-see shows in New York by Artinfo

    Matthew Brannon at Museo Marino Marini

    Matthew Brannon at the Aspen Art Museum

    and Yves can’t remember

    2024

    Silkscreen with hand-painted elements on paper

    56.5 x 50 x 2" / 143.5 x 127 x 5.1cm

    "Mouth-to-Mouth, Set & Setting" - Character Study, Set 03: Foreign Correspondent, Saigon 1968

    2023

    Silkscreen on paper with hand-painted elements

    59.25 x 79" / 150.5 x 200.66cm
    Framed: 63.75 x 83.5 x 2" / 161.93 x 212.09 cm

    "Mouth-to-Mouth, Set & Setting" - Character Study, Set 03: Foreign Correspondent, Saigon 1968 (detail)

    “Mouth-to-Mouth, Set & Setting” - Character Study. Set 02: Conceptual Art Curator, Soho, New York 1977 (II)

    2022

    Silkscreen with hand painted details

    52 x 67"/132.08 x 170.18 cm Framed: 56.5 x 71.5" / 143.51 x 181.61cm

    “Mouth-to-Mouth, Set & Setting” - Character Study. Set 02: Conceptual Art Curator, Soho, New York 1977 (II) (alternate view)

    “Mouth-to-Mouth, Set & Setting” - Character Study. Set 02: Conceptual Art Curator, Soho, New York 1977 (II) (detail)

    Idea Art, Reggae Music, Impossible Odds, Winter 1971

    2021

    Silkscreen with hand-painted elements on paper

    Paper: 30.13 x 22.5" / 76.52 x 57.15cm Framed: 33.25 x 25.5" / 84.46 x 64.77cm

    Idea Art, Reggae Music, Impossible Odds, Winter 1971 (alternate view)

    Betty Ford's White House Master Dressing Room, 1975

    2020

    Silkscreen and hand painted elements on paper

    52 x 71"/ 132.08 x 180.34cm

    Betty Ford's White House Master Dressing Room, 1975

    2020 (detail)

    Silkscreen and hand painted elements on paper

    52 x 71"/ 132.08 x 180.34cm

    Lady Bird Johnson's White House Bedroom Office, 1967

    2019

    Silkscreen on paper with hand painted elements

    52 x 67"/ 132.08 x 170.18cm

    Lady Bird Johnson's White House Bedroom Office, 1967

    2019 (detail)

    Silkscreen on paper with hand painted elements

    52 x 67"/ 132.08 x 170.18cm

    Foreign Policy (I)

    2019

    Acrylic and enamel on canvas

    72 x 60" / 182.88 x 152.4cm

    Jacqueline Kennedys White House Dressing Table

    2018

    Silkscreen on paper with hand painted elements

    52 x 67''/ 132.08 x 170.18cm

    Jacqueline Kennedys White House Dressing Table

    2018 (detail)

    Installation view,Concerning Vietnam Casey Kaplan, New York, 2018

    Concerning Vietnam: Oval Office, April 1954,

    2017

    Silkscreen and hand-painted elements on paper

    52 x 66” / 132.08 x 167.64cm

    Installation view,Concerning Vietnam, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2018

    Concerning Vietnam: Bell UH-1D Iroquois, Cockpit (II)

    2018

    Silkscreen and hand-painted elements on paper

    67 x 103" / 170.18 x 261.62cm

    Installation view,Concerning Vietnam, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2018

    Concerning Vietnam: Oval Office, May 1972

    2017

    Silkscreen and hand-painted elements on paper

    42 x 58.75 / 106.68 x 149.23cm

    Installation view,Concerning Vietnam, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2018

    Éphémère (Cambodia)

    2018

    Oil on linen, UV pigment print

    32 x 27.5” / 81.28 x 69.85cm

    Éphémère (Cambodia) (detail)

    2018

    Éphémère (Radicals and Establishment)

    2018

    Oil on linen, UV pigment print

    32 x 27.5” / 81.28 x 69.85cm

    Installation view, Concerning Vietnam, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2018

    War Correspondent, Laotian Border 1971

    2018

    Silkscreen and hand-painted elements on paper

    66 x 52” / 167.6 x 132.08cm

    Exhibition view,Matthew Brannon, Skirting the Issue, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Exhibition view,Matthew Brannon, Skirting the Issue, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Exhibition view,Matthew Brannon, Skirting the Issue, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Exhibition view,Matthew Brannon, Skirting the Issue, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Exhibition view,Matthew Brannon, Skirting the Issue, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    War Correspondent, Saigon 1967

    2016

    Silkscreen and hand painted elements on paper

    52 x 64'' / 132.1 x 162.6cm, Framed: 56.3 x 68.3" / 143 x 173.5cm

    War Correspondent, Saigon 1967

    2016 (detail)

    After the War

    2016

    Silkscreen and hand painted elements on paper

    58 x 40.25'' / 147.3 x 102.2cm, Framed: 62.5 x 44.75" / 158.8 x 113.7cm

    After the War

    2016 (detail)

    Trying to Remember (August 2nd, 1964)

    2016

    Silkscreen on paper with hand painting

    42 x 110'' / 106.7 x 279.4cm, Framed: 48.6 x 116.6 x 2.25" / 123.4 x 296.2 x 5.7cm

    Trying to Remember (August 2nd, 1964)

    2016 (detail)

    Exhibition view,Matthew Brannon, Skirting the Issue, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2015

    Sooner or Later

    2015

    Silkscreen and acrylic on paper

    60 x 41.75'' / 152.4 x 106cm

    More Than This

    2015

    Acrylic on canvas

    33 x 27.5'' / 83.8 x 69.9cm

    House Cleaning

    2014

    Serigraphy and letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5” / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    Truth or Dare

    2014

    Acrylic and enamel on canvas

    33 x 27.5'' / 83.8 x 69.9cm

    The Black Widow

    2014

    Serigraphy and letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5” / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    The first night after the last

    2014

    Serigraphy and letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5” / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    Priorities

    2014

    Acrylic and enamel on canvas

    33 x 27.5'' / 83.8 x 69.9cm

    Detail: Priorities

    2014

    Acrylic and enamel on canvas

    33 x 27.5'' / 83.8 x 69.9cm

    Exhibition view:Department Store at Night (Five Impossible Films, I), Marino Marini Museum, Florence, Italy, 2013.

    Exhibition view:Department Store at Night (Five Impossible Films, I), Marino Marini Museum, Florence, Italy, 2013.

    Unlearn

    2012

    Wood, enamel, acrylic, high-density hand carved foam, silkscreen on paper

    58.5 x 41 ax 6'' / 148.6 x 104.1 x 15.2cm

    Exhibition view:Trapping Lions in the Scottish Highlands, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado, 2013.

    Exhibition view:Gentleman's Relish, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2011.

    Exhibition view:Gentleman's Relish, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2011.

    Exhibition view:Gentleman's Relish, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2011.

    Exhibition view:Gentleman's Relish, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2011.

    As it turns out...

    2011

    Silkscreen on paper

    35 x 23.5'' / 88.9 x 59.7cm, Framed: 37.5 x 26” / 95.3 x 66cm

    Subliminal / Massage

    2011

    Wood, metal enamel

    5.5 x 16.5 x 1.4'' / 14 x 41.9 x 3.6cm

    Alternate view:Subliminal / Massage

    2011

    Wood, metal enamel

    5.5 x 16.5 x 1.4'' / 14 x 41.9 x 3.6cm

    Exhibition view:A Question Answered with a Quote, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2011

    Exhibition view:A Question Answered with a Quote, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2011

    Inebriated

    2011

    Mounted oil on linen, acrylic, hand-carved high density foam

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm?Framed: 25 x 19" / 63.5 x 48.3cm

    Terribly Important

    2011

    Letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5” / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    (Detail)Terribly Important

    2011

    Letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5” / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    Account Balance

    2010

    Paper and canvas on paper

    25 x 19.75'' / 63.5 x 50.2cm

    Nevertheless

    2009

    Wood, steel, aluminum, string, glass, sintra, bulsa foam, acrylic paint, enamel paint, canvas,?soap, mouse trap, sound cancelling device, water from a melted ice sculpture

    147 x 219.5 x 157. 8'' / 374 x 558 x 401 cm

    (Detail)Nevertheless

    2009

    Wood, steel, aluminum, string, glass, sintra, bulsa foam, acrylic paint, enamel paint, canvas,?soap, mouse trap, sound cancelling device, water from a melted ice sculpture

    147 x 219.5 x 157. 8'' / 374 x 558 x 401 cm

    Bright Ideas & Lowered Expectations

    2010

    Balsa foam, acrylic, yarn

    Dimensions variable

    Bright Ideas & Lowered Expectations

    2010

    Balsa foam, acrylic, yarn

    Dimensions variable

    Teachers Fuck Students

    2006

    Silkscreen on paper

    30 x 22''

    Rat

    2008

    Words on page, ink on paper 1 display rig (MDF, stained oak, veneer, stainless steel)

    8.5 x 20 x 8.5'' / 21.6 x 50.8 x 21.6cm

    Vile Bodies

    2011

    Letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5" / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    (Detail)Vile Bodies

    2011

    Letterpress on paper

    24 x 18'' / 61 x 45.7cm, Framed: 25.5 x 19.5" / 64.8 x 49.5cm

    Be my guest

    2008

    Silkscreen, embroidery floss on canvas, brass, wood

    95 x 60'' / 241.3 x 152.4cm

    Paragraph

    2010

    Wood, polyester, balsa foam, yarn, acrylic paint, soap, steel, enamel, plastic, paper, electronics, light bulb, mouse trap, light switch, outlets, exit sign, soap, door knob, coat rack, first novel

    Dimensions variable

    Detail:Paragraph

    2010

    Wood, polyester, balsa foam, yarn, acrylic paint, soap, steel, enamel, plastic, paper, electronics, light bulb, mouse trap, light switch, outlets, exit sign, soap, door knob, coat rack, first novel

    Dimensions variable

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