ROB MATTHEWS
Painting | 2018
This body of work is made to spend time considering events and people that get lost in the shuffle of the ever-changing news cycle. Themes of upheaval, power, displacement and the unspoken message of “home” anchor the work. The subject in Flight to Egypt is Gabriela Hernandez, a 27-year-old pregnant mother detained at the US border near Tijuana depicting the Biblical narrative of Madonna and Child.
Size
38 × 51 inches - Unframed
Materials
Acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas over wood panel
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Flight to Egypt
ROB MATTHEWS
Painting | 2018
This body of work is made to spend time considering events and people that get lost in the shuffle of the ever-changing news cycle. Themes of upheaval, power, displacement and the unspoken message of “home” anchor the work. The subject in Flight to Egypt is Gabriela Hernandez, a 27-year-old pregnant mother detained at the US border near Tijuana depicting the Biblical narrative of Madonna and Child.
Size
38 × 51 inches - Unframed
Materials
Acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas over wood panel
Authenticity
Hand signed by the artist
Behind the Scenes
Rob Matthews
Nashville, TN
PAINTING
An encounter with one of North Carolina-born artist Rob Matthews’ works can be curiously disorienting. In one way, you’re sure you’ve never seen anything quite like it before. But on the other hand, something about it feels familiar, making you linger a little longer as your brain tries to pick out what that something could be. In Flight to Egypt, it’s probably the underlying composition, which Matthews based on...
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