2006, unique work in ceramic with gold luster, unsigned. Included with the Lot is a signed certificate of authenticity from L.A. Louver Gallery.

61 1/2 x 49 x 20 in.

Purchased directly from the Artist in 2008

Based in Athens, Ohio, visual artist Matt Wedel specializes in ceramic figural and rockwork/plant form sculptures, as well as recent explorations in the media of gouache paintings. Matt explains his creative approach to these two forms: "the figures rarely shift away from the original vision or image and the plant forms change every time I look at them. The plant forms are about creating conditions which a form can unfold. The idea that a form or gesture can dictate the next action. Much of my figurative work is rooted in an earlier exploration of historical sources, which as a young artist was a way to build an understanding of representation. The images quickly shifted from historical sources to internal images that I would see on walls, my floor or between things in my studio. Now they are everywhere that I look. The process then just becomes about looking. They have become more about rendering an image that is seen, rather than composing an image that is already known."

Matt received his Master of Fine Arts in 2007 from California State University, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is represented by L. A. Louver Gallery in Los Angeles, California, where he has held numerous solo exhibitions. In 2023, Wedel participated in a two-part artist residency at the Honolulu Museum of Art during which he developed new ceramic works and the gouaches of the Hawaii Series.

His work is highly collected, with pieces in various collections and museums, including Clay Museum of Ceramic Art, Middelfart, Denmark; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Community Hospital, Pediatric Wing, Grand Junction, Colorado; Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan; Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, California; Honolulu Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California; Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Good condition; small pock marks and some scattered hairlines inherent in the making; appear stable.