Modern Art Curiosity

Dolk
‘Punk’
Stencil on Canvas

Miss Bugs
‘Waiting for Ed’ - Red Sky
3 colour silkscreen / 18 colour stencil

Matthew Small

Becky

80 x 100 cm
20 colour screenprint on aluminium sheet

Matt Small paints directly onto found pieces of metal, bringing physical elements of the city directly into his work, whilst merging them with the human sensibilities of his subjects. The artist paints portraits of anonymous figures, but these evocative impasto artworks are all about his subjects; previous projects include ‘Hope in Life’ a series of weekly workshops where the socially excluded could express themselves through painting and music. It is these people that Matt Small paints, often gifting the original artworks to the subjects themselves.

Dolk - Osaka

Os Gemeos

Banksy

B. 1975
UNTITLED

acrylic and spraypaint on steel
155 by 134cm.; 61 by 52 3/4 in.
Executed in 2003.

Di Faced Tenners
2004 

signed, dated 04 and numbered 37/50
screenprint on paper

17 11/16 by 12 3/8 in.
45 by 31.5 cm.

Gangsta Rat
2006 

signed on the turnover edge; signed, dated 06 and numbered 12/15 on the reverse
stencil spray paint and freehand spray paint on canvas

19 11/16 by 15 3/4 in.
50 by 40 cm.

Vandalism
2008

signed with the artist’s monogram and numbered 8/12 on the reverse
stencil spray paint on canvas

30 by 30 in.
76 by 78 cm.

This work was executed in 2008.