Matt Gordon Lady Yard Print Release

Matt Gordon had a painting in the Lyric 3 show at Inner State Gallery recently and now 1xRUN will be releasing a print of it.

"I made the frame first with heavy inspiration from Gustav Klimt's frame that Judith II rests in and had been lusting over the Jules Bastien-Lepage painting JOAN OF ARC. Having just finished a pinup for my friend David Zizzou's comic book about a cool female character named Oddité I had already been listening to a heavy rotation of female musicians mostly (The Julie Ruin) to get inspired. so when asked to participate in the lyric show it was predetermined that I was gonna paint a cool girl and her cool little friends hanging out at Lady's. which is a memory of the feeling of all of our grandmother's back yards. Her little friends Claudine and Pear are based on Klimt's studio cats that would piss all over his drawings that were scattered on his studio floor. And that is that!" - Matt Gordon

On sale Thursday at NOON EDT at 1xRUN.com

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Matt Gordon Wodka Macheck Print On Sale Today

I really like Matt Gordon's work, such a high level of detail with his paintings you think they are drawings and they are really funny too. Back for his 4th RUN, 1xRUN are excited to bring back Michigan artist Matt Gordon with his detail laden Wodka Macheck.

"The physical photo reference I used overtook my imagination and recorded the roundabout real surroundings and human interaction I deal with on the everyday at those moments. I was forced to be as truthful as I can be when I decided Jesus would be in the sky and that fact milked me 'til my teets were tweaked. This piece is the morning or next image after the painting I made "wat's up twubble?" They were made in unison." - Matt Gordon 

Wodka Macheck is 20 x 14 Inches Archival Pigment Print on 330gsm Fine Art Paper with an edition of only 20

This RUN comes signed, numbered and with a Certificate of Authenticity from Matt Gordon and 1xRUN
On sale today at NOON EDT at 1xRUN.com

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Matt Gordon Fronts Dulcimer Print

This piece was finished early in 2012 by Matt Gordon as a part of the recent 323East Exhibition Lyric 2012 curated by Glenn Barr. Each artist was asked to draw inspiration from a lyric or song, so while some artist's pulled directly from a specific song or lyric, Matt Gordon approached his a bit differently.

"I struggled coming up with solid images for a while and finally figured it out when I realized that the music I was trying to paint about will always be cooler and better than one of my paintings. So I stopped trying to make a painting about Bowie's Starman or Iggy's Raw Power -- and I kinda brushed aside the questionable hours spent listening to Steve Miller's Greatest Hits album on repeat (I got busted accidentally singing along while running on the treadmill at the gym. WOO HOO!)

So I stopped listening to music and sought out the nerdiest podcasts I could find. One was about vintage Star Wars figures and one called The Mego Museum (It's about the awesome Barbie doll sized super hero dolls we played with in the 70's and early eighties.) Those became my friends and inspiration for two months as I was reminded how much fun playing and just being a kid was. Those happy memories brought me to success as I believe this to be on of my best finished paintings to date. I still listen to those podcasts today as they are rather enjoyable."- Matt Gordon

The print is 14 x 14 Archival Pigment Print on 330gsm Fine Art Paper with an edition of 40

This RUN comes signed, numbered and with a Certificate of Authenticity from Matt Gordon and 1xRUN

On sale today at 3pm EDT at 1xRun.com

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OPENINGS: Red Bull House of Art Detroit

Red Bull House of Art Grand Gallery Opening and The Inside the Rock Poster Frame Street Team has the pictures for you to enjoy.

Red Bull House of Art is giving artists the chance to spread and flex their creative wings. Built out in the E & B Brewery Lofts in historic Eastern Market, Red Bull House of Art provides artists with the foundation (literally) needed to showcase their work on a global stage, without interruption.

For the past eight weeks, Red Bull House of Art has given eight artists the tools, time and space to create, explore and refine their craft. Selected by curator Matt Eaton, each artist works in a slightly different medium from Crystal Vinson’s encaustic-infused photography to Ben Saginaw’s ancient ink-and-pen nib drawings, back through Keri Mortimer’s abstract take on industrial landscapes and Franklin Jonas’ geometrically and mathematically stunning laser-cut metal sculptures.

The gallery built out directly below the artists’ dedicated workspace in E & B Brewery Lofts is stunning and like no other. Built in 1891, Red Bull House of Art blends traditional New York-style gallery space with raw, cavernous rooms unique to Detroit’s rich architectural history.

 Some of the artists work space with built in coolers full of Red Bull of course

 Mark Sarmel

 Sorry I dont know why this is turned

 Jeff Risk

Keri Mortimer

Ben Saginaw

Matt Gordon, who has another print with 1xRun coming soon

Franklin Jonas The Star Project yes this is two walls filled with over 300 of them

The space the gallery resides in is enormous and not like those little closet sized gallery's in LA and New York. Matt Eaton's efforts have really paid off in bringing a brilliant gallery setting to Detroit, something it has been lacking for a long time. Matt who said he had not slept in like 49 hours leading up to the opening was extremely pleased with all the hard work everyone put into it. The results show the dedication and hard work all the artists contributed to make it an amazing show. All the patrons that showed up enjoyed the setting and as well, the gallery was packed all night long. The show will be on display for the next two months with the remaining art for sale online soon.

E & B Brewery Lofts @ Eastern Market
1551 Winder St.
Detroit, MI 48207

Gallery Hours for Memorial Day weekend are:
Friday - 10am-3pm
Saturday 10am-3pm
Sunday 10am-3pm
Monday 10am-3pm

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Matt Gordon Bone Trot Print with hand painted watercolors

This edition of 10 prints from Matt Gordon features hand drawn watercolors making each individual piece immensely detailed and unique. See all four colorways as well as the black and white edition below.

See the Black & White Edition of 5 here
See the Red Edition of 10 here
See the Blue Edition of 10 here
See the Black Edition of 10 here
See the Green Edition of 10 here

Read the 1xRun Thru Interview with Matt on the 1xBlog.

" I’ve always had little skeleton dudes that I called family members of messengers of death in my work. These two are little benign ones as they are not old enough to posses a working death card and just frolic about and act as nosy children do." - Matt Gordon

12 x 15 Giclée Print With Hand Painted Watercolors

All prints are Signed & Numbered by the Artist and come with a Certificate of Authenticity from 1xRUN.

On sale today at Noon EST at 1xRun.com

Matt Gordon is a mixed media artist working out of Northville, Michigan. He attended both the College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio and Center of Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit. He strives to make well crafted and highly detailed acrylic paintings and pencil drawings, along with the occasional 3-D fabrication thrown in there to satisfy sculptural needs and to provide live models for things that don't really exist but need to look like they do. The paintings and drawings have been parts or scenes of an ongoing story line that he has been working on since 1998 with the ultimate goal of having them made into a big and wonderful illustrated storybook.

Find out more @ http://www.thestudioofmattgordon.blogspot.com

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