Calligraphy #3 “Gesture” is part of a new group called The Calligraphy of Music and Dance. Matt and his wife visited China in late 2002 and were mesmerized by the ornate rhythmic calligraphic writing of the Tang and the Ming Dynasties. For anyone traveling to China that loves art, you must plan to spend a full day (or more) in the Shanghai Museum. See two from The Calligraphy Group in the Gallery and Z-Dancer on the Contact page.
Dance Motion II was part of a citywide outdoor art show for two years in Pittsfield, MA. The two silver steel figures were “dancing” in front of the KB Toys Corporate Office Building about 100 yards from the Center Circle from October 2005 to October 2007. See the two in the Gallery.
Matt Thomases is creating one of the Dance Motion II shapes in stainless steel (see the Home page). It will be installed in a private sculpture garden in 2008. This is his first work in stainless.
Matt Thomases completed a bust of Picasso in 2007 based upon the self-portrait of 1906 and the famous fantasy painting called “The Dream” done in 1926. The hidden phallus is the fantasy. Photographs will be available in 2008.
Current works in progress include a portrait of the famous Catalán painter from his self-portrait of 1937. It is hoped that the piece will be finished and cast in 2008.
Three abstract “ferns” were cast in bronze in 2004-2005. They are three-sided shapes. One has also been cast in clear acrylic with polished surfaces and full translucence. It is Thomases first work in acrylic.
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