Traces: coming together, coming apart

The residual, the remainders, the reminders. A pattern, a sketch of movement. This is an investigation of emotion, an exploration of courtship and a commentary on intercourse, interaction.

With installation, drawings, paintings, video, and sound works, Linton commands attention through an array of often overt, usually subtle means of expression, communication. These are documents, they are more about process than end-object; more about concept than technique.

An installed wood dance-floor with numbered steps, videos documenting the chase, the hunt, and the movement from either perspective. Paintings-- traces of adventure, intimacy-- they are memories in different colored sheets. Sounds- ambient monotonous footsteps, an almost march, a dance-step. Headphoned dancing feet.

On first observation, ducking under the entry one might think they are discovering an odd rug store-- large wall hangings soon are understood as drawings-- not fabric-- traces of dances; songs.

As ever before, as now, as will he continue, Matthew Linton delivers an impactful personal stab-- a forthright, honest presentation that tells more about the self in a single viewing than perhaps a dozen meetings could illustrate.

Coming Together.
Coming Apart.

JPM

See JPM's write-up and images from the opening at Gallery Insekt.