“People See What They Want To See.” Acrylic on canvas. 510mm x 405mm. SOLD to private collector, Gold Coast.“EXamiNE”. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 760mm x 380mm. Details of “EXamiNE”. Glass photo frame, photos and mirror. “Wake Up/Self Aware” Diptych. Spray paint and permanent marker on canvas. Each panel 915mm x 455mm.“Wake Up/Self Aware”. Diptych, second panel.“Co-dependence.” Oil on canvas 915mm x 455mm.“Untitled”. Oil on canvas. 915mm x 455mm.“Spectrum 1.” Spray paint, oil paint and permanent marker on canvas. 915mm x 455mm.“Spectrum 2.” Spray paint, oil paint and permanent marker on canvas. 915mm x 455mm.“Pattern Seeking Copier.” Spray paint and permanent marker on canvas. 405mm x 510mm.“Introvert/Extrovert.” Diptych. Spray paint and permanent marker on canvas. 405mm x 510mm each panel.“Pattern Of Thought 1”. Oil paint and permanent marker on canvas. 458mm x 458mm.“Pattern Break”. Permanent marker on canvas. 458mm x 355mm.“Wake Up/Revolution Is Here.” Diptych. Spray paint and permanent marker on canvas. 915mm x 455mm each panel.“De-growth 1.” Diptych. Spray paint on canvas. 510mm x 510mm each panel.“De-growth 2.” Oil paint on canvas. 610mm x 455mm.“Personality Landscape.” Oil paint on canvas. 610mm x 455mm. SOLD, private collection, Christchurch.“Discreet Nuclear Unit.” Spray paint, oil paint and permanent marker on canvas. 455mm x 610mm.
Brett Phillips — Spectrum & Semiotics Series’. Matthew Meharry — THE PRODUCT.
2nd – 26th March 2023. 3/126 Oxford Terrace. The TERRACE. Ōtautahi. Christchurch.
From simple concepts to more complex ideas, “Constructed Realities” explores themes of personal identity, cultural hegemony, social engineering and self-awareness. Normalising the conversation around these themes intends to inform viewers that the effect of constructing reality lies with ourselves, and of the mechanisms that we engage with consciously and subconsciously. Paint on canvas and interactive digital mediums are used to create art objects, around which the conversations are formed.
