Matt Saunders 'Come Rain Or Shine' Print Available

Artist: Matt Saunders
Title: Come Rain Or Shine
Medium: Giclee Print
Size: 11 x 17 Inches
Edition: 10
Price: $40

*love this concept but it undersized and grossly underpriced imo

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Matt Saunders is a prominent artist born in 1975 in the United Kingdom. Although he maintains strong ties to his British origins, he has spent a significant portion of his career working between Berlin and Cambridge, Massachusetts. His practice is defined by a unique intersection of painting, photography, and moving images, often blurring the boundaries between these distinct disciplines. Rather than utilizing a traditional camera to capture his subjects, he frequently creates hand-painted or drawn negatives on semi-transparent materials like Mylar or linen. These handmade matrices are then used in a darkroom process to produce silver gelatin prints or chromogenic color photographs. This method allows him to manipulate light and chemistry to evoke a sense of memory, haunting, and historical resonance.

The subject matter in his work often references mid-century European cinema, avant-garde performance, and found portraits of actors from a bygone era. By translating these fleeting cinematic moments into physical, tactile objects, he explores how images circulate and transform over time. His aesthetic is characterized by soft edges, bleed-through effects, and a layered luminosity that suggests a state of constant flux. Beyond static prints, he has gained acclaim for his animated works, which are meticulously constructed from thousands of individual ink drawings. These animations further emphasize his fascination with the mechanics of seeing and the rhythmic pulse of the moving image. Through his innovative use of materials and deep engagement with the history of film, he has established himself as a vital figure in the international art dialogue, representing a sophisticated evolution of British creative traditions.