Matthew Watson

An invitation to visit a A commission to paint a tattoo, photographed at a gallery in Milan, July 21, , Neutra private residence in Los Angeles, photographed in May 2021, 201635.5 x 30.5cm15500 USD

Details

Material

oil on copper in artist's frame

Description

Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a striking composition of contrasting elements. The dominant colors are muted tones of pink and green, with the vibrant red of the books providing a bold accent. The overall image has a surreal, dreamlike quality, with the juxtaposition of the hand holding a phone and the playful teddy bear creating a sense of whimsy. The artist employs a photographic technique that blends realism and abstraction, inviting the viewer to ponder the relationship between technology, nostalgia, and the everyday. The contextual background or the artist's intention behind this piece remains open to interpretation, leaving room for the viewer's own contemplation. ...

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Gallerist’s Residence, Brescia, Visited in 2016

Artist

Matthew Watson

B.1981

Matthew Watson makes exquisitely rendered paintings that are a complex form of social portraiture. His portraits of artists, writers, curators and collectors, interiors, art objects, books and other cultural ephemera, soften the border between subject and object. Watson inserts himself into a fluid chain of relations –– social, economic, power –– frequently working on commission or by invitation to start a painting, in turn producing objects that relay back into the very flows that led to their construction.

Matthew Watson: Artworks

Matthew WatsonAn invitation to visit a Richard Neutra private residence in Los Angeles, photographed in May, 202115500 USD

Matthew WatsonAn invitation to visit a A commission to paint a tattoo, photographed at a gallery in Milan, July 21, , Neutra private residence in Los Angeles, photographed in May 2021, 201615500 USD

Matthew WatsonAn invitation to paint a Beranek Family glass paperweight in an artist’s apartment on 131st Street, New York, June 29 . Object produced at the Beranek Factory in the Czech Republic, 201515500 USD

Matthew WatsonA painting of Akila, a purebred basenji, with an Eames folding screen in a writer's loft on 26th Street, New York, September 8, , introduced by a mutual friend and artist, 201415500 USD

Matthew WatsonGallerist’s Residence, Brescia, Visited in 2016, 2025Price on Request

Matthew WatsonArtists' Residence, Grand Street, Visited in 2025, 2025Price on Request