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Matt Mullican — Two works: (i) Water (Objects Weigh Less in Water) from the series Fictional Reality, Experiments; (ii) Man Himself Became Man 700,000 Years Ago
Matt Mullican

Two works: (i) Water (Objects Weigh Less in Water) from the series Fictional Reality, Experiments; (ii) Man Himself Became Man 700,000 Years Ago

These two pencil drawings by Matt Mullican exemplify his longstanding investigation into systems of knowledge, meaning, and the organization of the world. With a meticulous, diagrammatic hand, Mullican renders text and imagery that oscillates between scientific fact and subjective interpretation, probing the boundaries between the empirical and the constructed. The works reflect his broader conceptual framework, in which cosmological, historical, and physical phenomena are distilled into spare, enigmatic visual propositions on paper.

Medium
pencil on paper

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Under the Influence

December 10, 2014

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Matt Mullican, Two works: (i) Water (Objects Weigh Less in Water) from the series Fictional Reality, Experiments; (ii) Man Himself Became Man 700,000 Years Ago

These two pencil drawings by Matt Mullican exemplify his longstanding investigation into systems of knowledge, meaning, and the organization of the world. With a meticulous, diagrammatic hand, Mullican renders text and imagery that oscillates between scientific fact and subjective interpretation, probing the boundaries between the empirical and the constructed. The works reflect his broader conceptual framework, in which cosmological, historical, and physical phenomena are distilled into spare, enigmatic visual propositions on paper.

Medium
pencil on paper
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Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

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Philosophical Themes, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Works on Paper, Monochromatic, Drawing, Text-Based Art, Pencil On Paper

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