
TBT
2016
Matthew Chambers's TBT (2016) is a richly layered mixed-media work that fuses acrylic and enamel-based adhesive with nylon and rayon fibers on canvas, housed within a deep wooden artist's box that extends the work nearly eleven centimeters from the wall. The result is an object that exists somewhere between painting and sculpture, insisting on its own physical presence while drawing the eye into complex surface relationships. The fiber elements, embedded and built up across the picture plane, introduce textile materiality into what might otherwise read as a purely painterly field, creating tactile depth that rewards close inspection and shifts subtly with changing light. Chambers is known for his sustained investigation into the boundaries of painting as a medium and an object, and TBT sits at the heart of that inquiry. The artist's box format is integral rather than incidental, transforming the canvas into something closer to a vitrine or reliquary, a container for material experience as much as visual imagery. The work's square format, at just over 121 by 121 centimeters, gives it a commanding presence without overreaching into spectacle, maintaining an intimacy well-suited to a considered domestic or institutional setting. Signed by the artist and currently offered through Feuer/Mesler, TBT represents a strong example of Chambers's mature practice from a period in which his formal investigations gained significant critical and collector attention. The work is unframed, consistent with the artist's intention that the box itself constitute the complete presentation. For collectors drawn to works that challenge the conventions of medium and display while maintaining material sophistication, this piece offers considerable depth.
- Medium
- Acrylic, enamel based adhesive, nylon and rayon fibers on canvas in wooden artist's box
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Feuer/Mesler
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