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Final Index:

Contradictory Structures: Research

Contradictory Structures: Final

Lost Statements: Research

Lost Statements: Final

Self-Directed Manifesto: Final

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Damien Hirst

THE FRAGILE TRUTH, 1997-1998

"Federal Cleaning"

Reynier Leyva Novo

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Lu Qing

Untitled, 2000

Xu Bing

Book from the sky, 1988

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"Untitled"

Scrap wood, plaster, clay slip paint mixture 

2025

Matthew Stander

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This work was an experiment of how certain materials respond to each other. constructed of scrap wood from past projects i assembled the structure intuitively, only thinking about each decision fir a few seconds before deciding. Though abstracted and more organic I still show my connection to architecture. The structure was then coated in a plater mix I brushed on. Once the plaster was dry I painted on a mixture of clay slip and latex paint. the plaster and clay do not bond to each other resulting in a curling peeling of the clay paint mix, exposing the plaster beneath. The process was documented on the drop cloth. 

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"W-1 Sculpture Department"

wood, aluminum channel, corner braces, jars, specimen samplings 

2025

Matthew Stander

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"W-1 Sculpture Department" is a collection of material samples collected from the sculpture studio I have been producing work in the past 2 years. When appropriate samples were collected using a surgical scalpel. Loose material samples were swept up in a 1-sqft section. This piece is a representation of the often overlooked or unrecognizable parts of the studio that has nourished my creation. I encouraged viewers to pick up the jars and see if they were able to identify the samples they were looking at without seeing the reference list.

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"90 minutes"

Drop cloth, charcoal, wood, steel, thread

2025

Matthew Stander

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"90 minutes" is a work a created to represent the exhaustion I had been experiencing lately. To document the exhaustion I poured self made charcoal powder in to a pile on the 5 (15 foot) drop cloths that were stitched together by hand. I then walked back and forth, end to end, for 90 minutes. The 90 minute mark was the point where i was too exhausted to continue walking. The shape of the drop cloth displayed shows the weight of exhaustion dragging me down.

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LIMITS: MIDTERM INDEX

1. Manifesto Room: Research

2. Manifesto Room: Final

3. Artist Presentation: Research

4. Manifesto Room: Collective/Subjective

5. Manifesto Public: Research

6. Manifesto Public: Final

7. QCQ #1: One Place After Another

8. Museum Visit

9.QCQ #2: Das Sockelproblem

10. Kitchen Pedestal Sink Manifesto: Research 1, Research 2

11. Kitchen Pedestal Sink Manifesto: Final

12. Radical Theory and Practice - Self-Directed Practice: Final

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I referred to this video and other video works of Tom Sachs for inspiration for the videos style

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Donald Judd works

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Room collective

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“Untitled”

Wood, shells, computer fans, dental floss, speaker covers

2025

Matthew Stander

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This work was made in a way to capture and bring back a memory I recently had when visiting family in NewYork. When walking on the beach the winds were so strong it was blowing these small colorful shells across the sand and they would bounce together making a jingling noise. The shells are known to do this and people often collect them to use for wind chimes. I wanted a way to artificially fabricate this memory in a way that abstracted the memory stuck inside the box

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walead beshty

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“Untitled”

Scrap wood, plug in light, blue tape, trash bags

2025

Matthew Stander

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This work is an exploration of materials and how simple materials can be used in unconventional ways. I often produce work using materials associated with labor, which relates to my families background. Not only are these familiar materials to me but are also very recognizable to everyone who has worked with wood, installed a light, painted a wall, or simply taken out the trash. By taking these recognizable materials I am able to create work that displays an abstract history of the processes associated with the materials.

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“Chair Hospital”

Video installation

2025

Matthew Stander

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This avoidance of a small task even when the reward improves our quality of life is something I see often day to day in many aspects of life. Fixing a squeaky chair is a simple task, yet we do not the small amount of time to do it. Instead we complain about the squeaks. And together we all find community in the complaining. Chair hospital is a video installation made to parody a serious training video style. To help show what we build such a simple task up to in our heads instead of doing the damn thing. The prolonged explanation and expansive preparation of the materials needed to do something that that only takes about 30 seconds is a way of high lighting out absurdity.

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14. QCQ #3: The Gravity of Levity 

15. Contradictory Structures: Research

16. Contradictory Structures: Final

17. QCQ #4: X Marks the Spot

18. Lost Statements: Research

19. Lost Statements: Final

20. Self-Directed Manifesto: Research

21. Self-Directed Manifesto: Final