Matthew Stone, Mindsharing Capabilities (2011), via Matthew Stone

Currently at Union Gallery, Matthew Stone follows up his previous show FOREVER RULES (PART I), with RULES FOREVER (PART II).  While PART I was made up of a a single open-sided oak dodecahedron accompanied photographic collages printed on birch plywood, PART II presents four oak and multimedia sculptures depicting “body origami, multidimensional and relational clusters that define the structure within and without.” Stone has said of his own work that he seeks to “revolve specifically around creative interactions and community, based on the idea that individual autonomy can successfully be combined with the power of collectivity.”  Stone often lectures on his personal philosophy of “Optimism as a Cultural Rebellion,” in which he views optimism as a way to counteract the “nihilistic paralysis” he interprets as being a product of Post-Modernism.

Matthew Stone, Forever Rules (2011), via Matthew Stone

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