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Matthew Carlson at the Bemis Underground
by Kelly Eggerss
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Shapeshifters, Matthew Carlson's first solo exhibition in the Underground, presents a new
body of work that continues his investigation into building a visual vocabulary and creating
paintings of dream-like imagery. The practice of painting is a primary means for Carlson to
discover and reinvent in an attempt to articulate experience through metaphoric imagery
that explore the human condition including transformation, evolution of consciousness, and
nostalgia. Shapeshifters affirms the artist’s interests in anthropomorphic imagery and
symbolism and how it has been employed from early folklore/mythology to its prevalence in
contemporary popular culture.
Shapeshifters will be Carlson\'s fourth appearance in an Underground show and his first as
a solo exhibition. He is a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he
earned his B.F.A. in painting. Along with collaborator Phillip Faulkner, Carlson curated
2008\'s vision / re-envision in the Underground, the show that propelled the pair to an
Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award for best group exhibition and a best emerging visual
artists award for Carlson.
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Event Time: February 19 - March 27, 2010
Additional Info
WHAT: Solo exhibition in the Underground
WHO: Matthew Carlson
WHEN: Opening Reception: Friday, February 19, 2010 | 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Exhibition continues through March 27, 2010
WHERE: Underground, Lower level of the Bemis Center
Bemis Center
724 S 12th St
Omaha, NE 68102
Saturday, March 27, 2010
11:00 am
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