Mat Collishaw
Asylum
2002
Unique
A kind of magic pervades the small but unforgettable "Asylum", in which the artist projects miniature video footage of men adrift on a raft into a water-filled goldfish bowl set on a pile of rocks and sand. The reference is Gericault's Raft of the Medusa, with its definitive subtext on the Romantic dichotomy of genius and madness.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
photograph, glass, acrylic, light
61 x 81 centimeters
Unique
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" referring to the anti-Jewish attacks of November 9, 1938.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
61 x 81 centimeters
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image, passed through a polarized coloured lens. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of Kristallnacht, translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" referring to the anti-Semitic attacks of November 9, 1938.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
46 x 61.5 centimeters
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" referring to the anti-Jewish attacks of November 9, 1938.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
30.5 x 40.5 centimeters
Unique
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image, passed through a polarized coloured lens. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of Kristallnacht, translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" referring to the anti-Semitic attacks of November 9, 1938.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
46 x 61.5 centimeters
Unique
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image, passed through a polarized coloured lens. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of Kristallnacht, translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" referring to the anti-Semitic attacks of November 9, 1938.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
46 x 61.5 centimeters
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense. However, after closer consideration, the spectator realises that he is looking at the abjection of the literal Crystal night, usually translated as the "Night of Broken Glass" referring to the anti-Jewish attacks of November 9, 1938.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
acrylic on canvas and electrical installation
37.5 x 43 centimeters
Unique
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image, passed through a polarized coloured lens.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
37.5 x 43 centimeters
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle and delightfulness of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image and going through a polarized coloured lense.
Mat Collishaw
Kristallnacht
2002
37.5 x 43 centimeters
Facing the series Kristallnacht, the viewer's attention is immediately attracted by the sparkle of the black and white pictures. Their impact captivates our senses with their kaleidoscopic effect achieved by a diffuse light originating behind the image, passed through a polarized coloured lens.
Mat Collishaw
Madonna
2002
425 x 258 centimeters
Unique
Silver tears roll down a young girl's face, distorted by a mosaic consisting of 30,000 separate pieces. Like an indication of reality's resistance to all forms of idealisation, that is, to art, invoked here in one of its oldest and most traditional techniques.
Mat Collishaw
Stoned Immaculate
2002
video
By courtesy of Damien Hirst. The video projection "Stoned Immaculate" plays on the immediate perception of the viewer, on stereotypes linked with art, the memory or the world of advertising, unveiling the tricks and seductions of the images and the overwhelming weight of reality.
