With a observe previously involved with figuration, Matt Kleberg’s new perform presents the absence of any depicted actor. Expecting spaces and the existence of the hand suggest the risk of the figure, and, by extension, implicate the viewer in their very own embodiment. The insistent framing in all of the do the job, and the sculptural aspects of some, reiterate that the paintings them selves are objects or bodies in room.
Kleberg works on paper to workshop potential painting compositions. They are iterated and reiterated more than and in excess of until finally some thing pops, at which place he jumps over to a larger canvas. Exhibiting the paintings and drawings in dialogue alongside one another encapsulates a entire system on the wall- conception, iteration, and realization.
The two massive paintings featured in this exhibition are named Boxspring Slipstream and Splitscreen Slipstream. Kleberg expresses that he’s drawn to the notion of a slipstream, this area 1 passes easily via, nearly as if carried along, juxtaposed with boxspring and splitscreen, both much more or fewer suggestions/kinds that play with flatness, frames, supports. This desire is revealed in new operate an interest in a stress amongst viewing the paintings as invitations to entry and as barriers.