➔ Exhibition text (PDF)
➔ Press images (ZIP)
For his first solo exhibition at a European institution, Detroit-born sculptor Matthew Angelo Harrison (* 1989) creates a monumental installation of 3-D machine technologies, African artifacts, and workers’ labor union paraphernalia to merge the cruel history of colonialism with the formalist legacy of Minimalism.
Press clippings:
Detroit’s Artistic Renaissance: Meet the Creatives Leading the Way, WMAGAZINE (11/2019)
Place and persistence: Hanif Abdurraqib and Matthew Angelo Harrison in conversation, Cultured Magazine (1/2020)
Tada! Matthew Angelo Harrison in conversation with Elena Filipovic, Lafayette Anticipations (04/2021)
Kunstmuseum und Kunsthalle ermutigen zum Wandel, bz Basel (06/2021)
Früher designte er Autos, jetzt macht er engagierte Kunst, Basler Zeitung (06/2021)
Matthew Angelo Harrison’s Prototypes for a New Life, FRIEZE (07/2021)