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Marks and Models at the Studio, Laconia, NH. July 6-August 3.
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 8:54AM My series of drawings, 30 Radiographic Shooting Sketches will be on display this summer at the Studio (http://thestudionh.blogspot.com/) in Laconia, NH. There will be an opening reception on Friday, July 6.
These drawings were executed on paper that I found while exploring the abandoned Packard plant in Detroit, MI. Among the rubble was a small pile of "radiographic shooting sketches." While a few of them are stained and folded, I was immediately excited by the possibilities they presented. Inspired by the Packard plant's combination of architectural rubble and graffiti I started the series of drawings once I got back to my studio.
I used the shooting sketches like the graffiti artists used the building, a "found" surface to react to. The rectangle within each sheet was my space to play with, to ignore, to fight with.
Radiographic Shooting Sketch #5, 8.5 by 11. Ink on found paper.
Installation shot
closer up
Also on view will be fashion dolls created by my life partner and studio mate, Paul Pham (http://dollcis.com/). It will be the first time we have shown our work together outside of our studio.
Bring your quarters, the 50 cents drawing box will also be on display!
3rd Annual Art for AIDS benefit, Artspace, Hartford, CT
Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 8:08AM
I have begun work on my two donations to the 3rd Annual Art for AIDS benefit taking place on Saturday, June 9 at Artspace in Hartford, CT.
More information can be found on CARC's website: http://www.ctaidscoalition.org/art.htm
Art for AIDS, Artspace, Connecticut, Hartford, Matthew Best, art, artist, contemporary art Interface: New Work solo exhibition
Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 8:06AM 
I'm pleased to annouce I will be having a solo exhibition thanks to the Greater Hartford Arts Council http://www.letsgoarts.org/Page.aspx?pid=777) at the 100 Pearl Street Gallery. It will run from March 30- June 1 2012 with an opening on Thursday, April 12 from 5-7 pm.
Interface consists of a series of paintings created in 2011 and 2012. The theme of the show is the fusing of opposites, want vs. need, mind vs. body. A whole made out of conflicting parts.
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New ideas, new sketches.
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 9:14AM After a productive and busy summer I have spent much of the Fall sketching. Nothing finished, nothing overly resolved. Not even worrying if it is good or bad. It is purely about generating new ideas and sometimes reconnecting with older ideas that never were given enough attention.
With sketching I find the "more is more" mentallity helpful. Just generate...rip it up if you have to. No one will see the majority of them anyway. The beauty of paper and ink is that they are cheap, and in the case of altered books, free.
Studio shot, taken this summer.
A growing body of work, most of it from this Summer, a few of the smaller ones from this Fall.
Drawing that covers three books. An experiment. It begin in the altered book on the left, grew to the larger sketchbook on the right, up to the smaller sketchbook above that and below onto my work table. why not?
Ink drawing, 2011. 5 by 7 inches.
Ink Drawing, 2011. 5 by 7 inches.
Now We Read, altered book page, 2011.
Matthew Best, altered book, art, artist, drawings, paintings, sketchbooks 2011 Hartford Art School Alumni Juried Exhibition
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:53PM 
Untitled, 2011. 36 by 36 inches. Acrylic on panel
My untitled 2011 painting will be included in the 2011 Hartford Art School Alumni Juried Exhibition this October juried by Helen Hsu, Assistant Curator at the Guggenheim Museum.
GALLERY SHOW: OCTOBER 10 - OCTOBER 25, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011, AT 5:30PM
Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
