Matthew Gamber
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American, born 1977
Projects/Portfolios
Any Color You Like
Introduction
I once had a student who would not participate in any class discussions on color photography. However, on reputation, I knew him to be an excellent student. Later, I discovered he was colorblind. Talking about color was meaningless to him.
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The photographs in Any Color You Like are an experiment in how photography can confuse our perception of information. These photographs represent objects whose primary function is to simulate our observation of color. When these items are rendered in a traditional black–and–white format, the information that remains is merely an abstraction of its previous form.
Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA, United States
MATTER, Jessica Eaton, Matthew Gamber, Bill Sullivan, Self-published, Boston / New York, 2011
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography: Vol. 2, Various Contributors, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, 2011
ASPECT V.16 Lo-ASPECT V.16 Lo-tech (DVD), Various Contributors, ASPECT, Boston, 2010
Pause, to Begin, Various Contributors, Pause, to Begin / Booksmart Studio, Rochester, 2006
Artist Statement
The photographs in Any Color You Like are an experiment in how photography can confuse our perception of information. These photographs represent objects whose primary function is to simulate our observation of color. When these items are rendered in a traditional black–and–white format, the information that remains is merely an abstraction of its previous form.
Matthew Gamber is a Boston-based artist with degrees from Bowling Green State University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University. Teaching appointments include: Art Institute of Boston / Lesley University, Boston College, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, College of the Holy Cross, Savannah College of Art & Design, Massachusetts College of Art & Design. He is a founding editor of Big Red & Shiny.
Recent exhibitions include: Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2012, The 2012 deCordova Biennial, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, 2012; Flash Forward 2011 Exhibition, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, CA, 2011; The Sum of All Colors, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, 2011. Awards include: Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2011; Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Finalist, 2011; Humble Art Foundation, New Photography Grant, 2011; Funding Awardee, LEF Foundation, New England (awarded for Big Red & Shiny), 2007 & 2005.
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