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Maybe a cage made of lead and cobalt. Maybe a tower. Make 2020 toxic. #abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #oilpaint #oilpainting #fineart #artoninstagram #artistoninstagram

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Good news for once! We installed Through Our Eyes the weekend before the lockdown and it has been unseen even since. The Museum of Work and Culture is reopening on Wednesday, August 5th! The Through Our Eyes exhibit will remain on display in the gallery until the end of the September 2020. #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #ri #ctart #studio #brainweek #artgallery #woonsocketri #artshow #artgallery #painting #drawing #sculpture #woonsocket #autism #autismawareness

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Boy Toy, playing with pairings of drawings and paintings. #abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #oilpaint #oilpainting #fineart #artoninstagram #artistoninstagram #sketch #sketching #drawings

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#abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #oilpaint #oilpainting #fineart #artoninstagram #artistoninstagram

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Siblings. Cobalt. #abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #oilpaint #oilpainting #fineart #artoninstagram #artistoninstagram

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Happy Pride. M¥ss Keta ❤️❤️❤️

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Two recent, evolution of a wedding cake image. Thinking about strength, hierarchy, and isolation. #abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #oilpaint #oilpainting #fineart #artoninstagram #artistoninstagram #madonna #madonnafans #gay #gayart #gayartist #queerartist #sketch #sketching

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Indya Moore as Angel Evangelista on Pose (2018)

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My #uspsartproject collaborations with Karl Goulet , more challenging than I thought it would be but happy with the results. Plus I got to break out the hot pink. #abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #acrylic #acrylicpainting #fineart #artoninstagram #workonpaper #mixedmedia #artistsfortheusps #artistoninstagram

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Resurrecting my tumblr. It’s been quite a while but my dream is to get away from Facebook so this will be my first step.

Since the pandemic I’ve been working on a multiple projects, they began with a series of of of a Nervous Madonna from her live 1984 performance of Like a Virgin with her manikin groom atop a giant wedding cake in an abyss. This evolved into paintings inspired by the wedding cake thinking about hierarchies.

#abstraction #abstractart #abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #studio #oilpaint #oilpainting

#Abstract #art #artist #painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #fineart #hartfordct #hartford #ct #ctart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart

#madonna #madonnafans #gay #gayart #gayartist #queerartist #gouache #watercolor #pencil #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #workonpaper

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                                                                    Through Our Eyes - News - Matthew Best                                                                

The Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket and the RI Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment invite you to join us for art and refreshments. All of the work displayed in the gallery was created by artists with autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions. The show is curated by Hartford, CT based artist Matthew Best.

If you can't make the opening night, the exhibit will be up from March 18th to April 30th. Remember to stop by sometime.

http://mjbest.squarespace.com/news/2017/2/9/through-our-eyes.html/

                                                                                                                              Featured artworks: "When I Grow Up". Created by children from the Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Inpatient Unit at Bradley Hospital. Facilitating art therapists: Melissa Weaver and Maegan Gubata.

                                                                                                                        John M. Williams, The Great Wall of China

                                                                                                                            Madalyn Armstrong (on tumblr as @gayfishermanart), "there are petals in the aisles"

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In progress Madonna collage. Basic idea is in place, I need to glue it down. #abstraction #art #artist #artwork #collage #collageart #collageartist #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #madonna #queer #gay #gayart #gayartist #workinprogress #wip #hartfordct #hartford #ct (at Studio 108: Matthew Best, artist and Paul Pham Of Dollcis)

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Yesterday's little gouache paintings. Happier with them today than I was yesterday. Working with a new medium is frustrating but refreshing. (at Studio 108: Matthew Best, artist and Paul Pham Of Dollcis)

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Matthew Best, Lucky Star, 2016. collage

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Matthew Best, Queen, 2016. collage

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Matthew Best, XVII-The Star. 2016