“Neophyte” Matthew Stone

Matthew Stone Neophyte Exhibition Catalogue Soft cover, 30 pages May 12th - June 24th 2018 In our fourth solo show from British artist Matthew Stone (b. 1982, UK) we are proud to present over twenty new works filling all galleries here on the Bowery for NEOPHYTE. “Newly planted”; the evocative etymology of the word neophyte, means someone entirely new to a subject, skill or calling. With late spring finally unfolding in the city this exhibition will start on a sunny day in May and simmer on through the end of June. By photographing paint strokes made on glass and working in various 3D software, the artist is able to sculpt bodies together in three dimensions using layers of these painted marks. Stone’s figures inhabit a shared world; defined by a grey infinity floor, proliferating petals of paint and a raw linen void as backdrop.  This realm is just on the heroic side of human scale, obeys the laws of light and gravity, and is the stage for complex bodies and paint interacting. In thi