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Matthew Chambers — With Such Hunger
Matthew Chambers

With Such Hunger

2014

With Such Hunger (2014) is a commanding vertical canvas in which Matthew Chambers layers acrylic and enamel-based adhesive with nylon and rayon fibers, producing a surface that confounds straightforward categorization. The work hovers between painting and textile, between the handmade and the industrial, as strands of fiber are absorbed into or erupt from the painted ground in ways that feel simultaneously controlled and ungoverned. At nearly two and a half meters in height, the piece commands its environment, drawing the eye into a dense visual field where material incident accumulates into something almost ecological in its complexity. Chambers treats the canvas as a site of accumulation rather than a flat support for image-making, and With Such Hunger exemplifies the urgency embedded in that approach. The title suggests appetite, a forward-pressing energy, and the surface carries that charge through its restless interplay of adhesion and texture. Fiber does not merely decorate here but becomes structural, shifting how light falls across the work and how the composition reads at different distances. Up close, the piece reveals a forensic intimacy; from a distance, it resolves into a kind of landscape or atmosphere. Presented in the artist's own frame and signed, With Such Hunger is offered through Feuer/Mesler and represents a substantial example of Chambers's mature practice. Collectors drawn to works that interrogate the materiality of painting, or those assembling holdings at the intersection of fiber art and contemporary abstraction, will find this a significant and visually restless acquisition. The work's generous scale and physical presence ensure it can anchor a major wall while sustaining long-term looking.

Medium
Acrylic, enamel based adhesive, nylon and rayon fibers on canvas in artist's frame
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Matthew Chambers, With Such Hunger, 2014

With Such Hunger (2014) is a commanding vertical canvas in which Matthew Chambers layers acrylic and enamel-based adhesive with nylon and rayon fibers, producing a surface that confounds straightforward categorization. The work hovers between painting and textile, between the handmade and the industrial, as strands of fiber are absorbed into or erupt from the painted ground in ways that feel simultaneously controlled and ungoverned. At nearly two and a half meters in height, the piece commands its environment, drawing the eye into a dense visual field where material incident accumulates into something almost ecological in its complexity. Chambers treats the canvas as a site of accumulation rather than a flat support for image-making, and With Such Hunger exemplifies the urgency embedded in that approach. The title suggests appetite, a forward-pressing energy, and the surface carries that charge through its restless interplay of adhesion and texture. Fiber does not merely decorate here but becomes structural, shifting how light falls across the work and how the composition reads at different distances. Up close, the piece reveals a forensic intimacy; from a distance, it resolves into a kind of landscape or atmosphere. Presented in the artist's own frame and signed, With Such Hunger is offered through Feuer/Mesler and represents a substantial example of Chambers's mature practice. Collectors drawn to works that interrogate the materiality of painting, or those assembling holdings at the intersection of fiber art and contemporary abstraction, will find this a significant and visually restless acquisition. The work's generous scale and physical presence ensure it can anchor a major wall while sustaining long-term looking.

Medium
Acrylic, enamel based adhesive, nylon and rayon fibers on canvas in artist's frame
Dimensions
overall: 246.4 x 125.7 cm
Year
2014
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Feuer/Mesler

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