Matthew Angelo Harrison | Selected Works | Jessica Silverman Gallery

Exhibition view: Matthew Angelo Harrison: Robota, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2022. Photo: Mel Taing. Courtesy MIT List Visual Arts Center

Exhibition view: Matthew Angelo Harrison: Dark Silhouette, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2022, Savannah, GA. Courtesy of the artist and Savannah College of Art and Design.

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Lanced Below, 2022
Dogon wood sculpture, polyurethane resin, and aluminum stand
Overall: 56 x 11 x 7 inches / 142.2 x 27.9 x 17.8 cm Sculpture: 16 x 5 5/8 x 5 inches / 40.6 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm Stand: 40 x 11 x 7 inches / 101.6 x 27.9 x 17.8 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Lanced Below, 2022
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Matthew Angelo Harrison
Paternal Veil, 2021
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Matthew Angelo Harrison
Paternal Veil, 2021
Wooden sculpture, rope, polyurethane resin, and aluminum stand
Overall: 64 7/8 x 12 x 9 inches / 164.8 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm Sculpture: 40 7/8 x 9 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches / 103.8 x 24.1 x 16.8 cms Stand: 24 x 12 x 9 inches / 61 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Paternal Veil, 2021
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Effervesce, 2021
Wooden sculpture and polyurethane resin
72 1/2 x 16 x 10 1/2 inches / 184.2 x 40.6 x 26.7 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Effervesce, 2021
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
The Blue People, 2021
Paper, leather glove, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
31.25 x 15 x 7 inches

Matthew Angelo Harrison
The Blue People, 2021
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
The Red People, 2021
Paper, leather gloves, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
30 1/2 x 15 x 6 1/2 inches / 77.5 x 38.1 x 16.5 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
The Red People, 2021
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Headdress, 2021
Plastic hard hat, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
10.125 x 9.5 x 15.125 inches

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Headdress, 2021
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Masks for Manhood, 2021
Wooden sculpture, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
23.875 x 8 x 7.25 inches & 23.875 x 8 x 7.875 inches

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Masks for Manhood, 2021
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Forward Majesty, 2021
Wooden sculpture, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
24 x 7 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches / 61 x 18.1 x 19.1 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Touched By an Angel, 2021
Wooden sculpture, polyurethane resin, stainless steel, anodized aluminum
19 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 6 inches / 50.2 x 19.7 x 15.2 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Relic for Disruption III, 2021
Spear, tinted polyurethane resin
90 x 7 x 6 inches / 228.6 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Relic for Disruption V, 2021
Spear, tinted polyurethane resin
90 x 7 x 6 inches / 228.6 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Remnant for Disruption, 2020
Spear, tinted polyurethane resin
90 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 7 inches
228.9 x 16.8 x 17.8 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Remnant for Disruption, 2020
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Tranquil Mother in Repose, 2020
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 44 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Seer: Peering through Aurora, 2020
Headlight, tinted polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 20 5/8 x 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches
52.4 x 26.4 x 16.5 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Seer: Lay Bare, 2020
Headlight, tinted polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 20 5/8 x 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches
52.4 x 26.4 x 16.5 cm
Overall: 73 5/8 x 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
187 x 31.8 x 19.1 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Seer: Lay Bare, 2020
Headlight, tinted polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Detail

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Bodily Study: Fallow, 2020
Zebra skulls, tinted polyurethane resin
32 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches
81.9 x 40 x 51.4 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Bodily Study: Stasis Restored, 2020
Zebra skulls, tinted polyurethane resin
32 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 20 3/8 inches
81.9 x 40 x 51.8 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Transcendent Kneeler, 2020
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Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Transcendent Kneeler, 2020
Wooden figure from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Overall: 73 x 11 x 11 inches / 186 x 27 x 27 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Transcendent Kneeler, 2020
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Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Balanced Sunder, 2019
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
70 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 11 inches / 178.2 x 26.7 x 28 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Balanced Sunder, 2019
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Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Enduring Bond, 2019
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
63 1/4 x 11 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches / 160.7 x 29.6 x 23.2 cm

Matthew Angelo Harrison
Dark Silhouette: Enduring Bond, 2019
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Installation view, Emissaries for Things Abandoned by Gods, 2019
Casa Luis Barragán

Installation view,Whitney Biennial 2019, Whitney Museum of American Art

Dark Silhouette: Mother and Child in Intervals
Sculpture: 32 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches / 81.28 x 24.13 x 19.05 cm
Pedestal: 44 x 11 x 9 1/2 inches / 111.76 x 27.94 x 24.13 cm
Overall: 75 3/4 x 11 x 9 1/2 / 192.405 x 27.94 x 24.13 cm

Detail

Dark Silhouette: Woman Beneath Traversing Field,
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 20 x 9 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches / 50.8 x 24.8 x 14 cm
2018

Detail

Dark Silhouette: Bodily Study Ungulate Composition,
Boar skull, antelope skull, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 10 x 19 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches 25.4 x 50.2 x 9.5 cm
2018

Detail

Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 38 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 inches 98.4 x 24.8 x 15.2 cm
2018

Detail

Dark Silhouette: Borrowed Inlets – Dogon,
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
67 1/2 x 10 x 13 inches / 171.5 x 25.4 x 33 cm
2018

Detail

Dark Silhouette: Couple Transfigured,
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
63 1/2 x 53 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches / 161.29 x 136.21 x 44.45 cm
2018

Detail

Dark Silhouette: Composition of Borrowed inlets #2
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
60 1/2 x 23 x 16 3/4 inches
2018

Synthetic Lipiko – Caliper Study
Wooden sculpture, anodized aluminum, acrylic
56 x 21 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches
2018

Dark Silhouette: Fixtured Woman
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
72 x 23 x 15 1/2 inches
2018

Dark Silhouette: Standing Couple
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Overall: 67 3/8 x 13 x 13 inches / 171.13 x 33.02 x 33.02 cm
2018

Alternate view

Dark Silhouette: Forward Gaze
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 10 x 10 1/4 x 7 7/10 inches / 25 1/2 x 26 x 19.5 cm
Overall: 52 x 13 x 13 inches / 132.1 x 33 x 33 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Obscured Fragments
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Each sculpture: 9 2/5 x 11.61 x 3.74 inches / 24 x 29.5 x 9.5 cm
Overall: 57 2/5 x 20 x 13 inches / 145.8 x 50.8 x 33.02 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Seated
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 9 5/8 x 20 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches / 24.5 x 51.8 x 8 cm
Overall: 29 5/8 x 32 x 32 inches / 50.8 x 81.28 x 81.28 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Enduring Father
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 31 x 9 3/4 x 4 inches / 78.7 x 24.9 x 10.2 cm
Overall: 67 x 13 x 13 inches / 170.2 x 33 x 33 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Subtle Body
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 18 1/4 x 9 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches / 46.2 x 24.5 x 9.6 cm
Overall: 66 1/4 x 13 x 13 inches / 168.28 x 33.02 x 33.02 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Severance
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 28 1/8 x 9 7/8 x 4 inches / 71.5 x 25 x 10 cm
Overall: 64 1/8 x 13 x 13 inches / 162.9 x 33 x 33 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Zebra Manifold Composition no. 1
Zebra bone, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 18 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches / 47 x 24.6 x 9.5 cm
Overall: 66 1/2 x 13 x 13 inches / 168.9 x 33 x 33 cm
2018

Alternate view

Dark Silhouette: Female Fragment
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum, acrylic
Sculpture: 10 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches / 26 x 24.7 x 9 cm
Overall: 52 1/4 x 13 x 13 inches / 132.7 x 33 x 33 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Tamed
Zebra bone, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum
Overall: 66 3/4 x 13 x 13 inches / 169.5 x 33 x 33 cm
Sculpture: 18 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches / 46.4 x 25.1 x 9.8 cm
2018

Dark Silhouette: Manifold Composition
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum
Overall: 58 3/4 x 13 x 13 inches / 149.2 x 33 x 33 cm
Sculpture: 10 1/4 x 10 x 3 1/2 inches / 26 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm
2018

Alternate view

Dark Silhouette: Arms Raised
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum
Overall: 66 1/8 x 13 x 13 inches / 168 x 33 x 33 cm
Sculpture: 17 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches / 44.8 x 9.25 x 24.8 cm
2018

Alternate view

Dark Silhouette: Fixture Pattern
Wooden sculpture from West Africa, polyurethane resin, anodized aluminum
Overall: 58 1/4 x 13 x 13 inches / 148 x 33 x 33 cm
Sculptures: 9 3/4 x 3 x 9 1/2 inches / 24.8 x 7.6 x 24.1 cm
2018

“Songs of Sabotage,” 2018, New Museum Triennial, Installation view

BKGD Brouwn
3 books, acrylic, aluminum
45 1/2 x 48 x 16 3/4 inches
2017

Alternate view

Detail

One Savanna Unit Subtracted
Giraffe bone, aluminum, acrylic
21 x 47 x 44 inches
2017

Detail

One Savanna Unit
Giraffe bone, aluminum, acrylic
21 x 47 x 44 inches
2017

SBrwn_1x1x1 bkgd ; 1x1x1 bkgd (±0.1)
3D printed ceramics, acrylic, aluminum
53 x 48 x 16 3/4 inches
2017

Detail

mk-min-archetype-002
Ceramic
5 x 5 x 9 inches
2017

mk-min-compressed_conjoined
Ceramic
5 x 5 x 9 inches
2017

mk-min-seimese
Ceramic
5 x 5x 9 inches
2017

|||| with Synthetic Foramina (ze-003)
Acrylic, zebra bone
66 x 18 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches
2017

|||| with Synthetic Foramina (ze-002)
Acrylic, zebra bone
66 x 18 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches
2017

Mk-002-archetypeB
Ceramic, acrylic, aluminum
9 3/4 x 12 x 6 3/4 inches
2017

Detail

Mk02-002-ForcedDetachment
Ceramic, acrylic, aluminum
6 x 10 x 6 inches
2017

Mk-004-conjoined
Ceramic, acrylic, aluminum
8 3/4 x 11 x 8 1/2 inches
2017

Mk-003-Splinter
Ceramic, acrylic, aluminum
10 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
2017

Alternate view

The Consequence of Platforms
Aluminum, stainless steel, ceramic, marble
75 x 33.5 x 33.5 inches
2016

Head 1.003 (Post-Chronology Series)
Open-cell polyurethane foam
22 x 22 x 17 inches
2016

Bodily Study of Unthinking Groups
Skull and clay
41 1/4 x 9 1/5 x 9 1/5 inches
2016

|||| with Synthetic Foramina
African wildebeest skull, acrylic
66 x 18 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches
2016

Detail

Hole 1.005 The Consequences of Synthetic Apertures
Aluminum, automotive clay, acrylic, bone
70 1/2 x 25 x 12 3/4 inches
2016

Installation view, MOCA Detroit, 2016