MATTHEW SATZ:
STRIP PAINTINGS THROUGH THE STRAND PIECES,
AND OTHER SELECTED WORKS
Wooster Projects is proud to announce the upcoming solo exhibition of Matthew Satz. “Matthew
Satz: Strip Paintings through the Strand Pieces, and Other Selected Works,” will present the
conceptually-based, process-oriented works of an artist who over the last several years has
been working on an evolution of painting. This exhibition will explore the progression of the
Strip Paintings and demonstrate the artist’s development of an idea which arrives at an organic
and conceptually-driven reduction of painting.
Satz’s Strip Paintings began as an idea to create works which challenged the line. Line shared by
pourers and stripers, from Jackson Pollock to Morris Louis, Agnes Martin to Barnett Newman. These
historical figures presented an early influence in Satz’s development of the Strip Paintings, and led
the artist to formulate a novel process which involves manipulation of the painting’s ground in order
to control a gravity-driven line. In an excerpt from a recently published catalog, Satz states:
The “Strip” paintings, titled from the amalgamation of “stripe” and “drip” evolved from the challenge
to create work that concentrated on the idea of manipulating the support of painting rather than the
physical manipulation of paint. This concept invoked the specific process of embracing gravity to pull
lines of paint, while concurrent manipulations of the canvas control the direction and paths of such
lines. The successive pouring of these lines results in a textured surface, an evident history, and leads
to the extension of paint beyond the original format of the stretcher. The bottom edge of the canvas,
(which J. Johns significantly dismissed and B. Marden later paid homage to), invades and engages
space beyond that of the traditional support of painting.
A Strip Painting will mark the start of this exhibition, with subsequent works of Strip/Edge Paintings,
By-Products and Strand Pieces providing a chronological journey paralleling the artist’s exploration
and development of this theme begun in 2001. Satz’s practice of concept + process = aesthetic,
inherent in all of his works, comments on art production, appropriation, and a true artist’s struggle
in a history of painting.
The back room at Wooster Projects will provide the venue for some of Satz’s earliest pieces. These
other selected works introduce necessary precedents to the Strip Paintings and further emphasizes
Satz’s methodology.
Please join us for this Satz’s inaugural solo New York City exhibition to examine this important cycle
of his early career.
This exhibition coincides with the release of “How to Shoot at One Who Outdrew You,” a monograph of Satz's work published
by Glenn Horowitz Bookseller.
OPENING RECEPTION
May 12, 2005
6 - 9 PM
on view from May 12 through May 31
For further information please contact:
Wooster Projects
418 West 15th Street
New York, New York 10011
212.871.6700
Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 6 pm
For book inquiries please contact:
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
East Hampton, New York 11937
“How to Shoot at One Who Outdrew You”
Essay by John McWhinnie
128 pages
92 full color reproductions
8.5 X 11”
Sewn paperback with a dustjacket reproducing special artwork created for this edition by the artist
Deluxe Limited edition, slipcased hardcover including (4) original works laid-in.
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