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Greely Myatt
Greely Myatt “Still Straightening Nails”
June 13th - July 27th Reception: Thursday, June 15th 5:30 - 7:00p.m.
Greely Myatt is an experienced fine artist and sculptor and has been teaching art since 1980. He is currently the head of the art department at Memphis University.
“Built from everyday household items, Greely Myatt’s sculptures hint at formal motifs by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Artschwager, and Jasper Johns. Working with comic-strip-style thought bubbles, Myatt reinterprets modes of communication in a manner that often references his Southern upbringing. He expresses an occasionally provocative narrative through the materiality of his structures, and he ultimately aims to elicit empathy within the viewer to forge a sense of community around a shared experience. Voids and negative space feature prominently in Myatt’s work. The Blind Leading the Blind, for example, is what the artist calls “air art,” here comprising two fans facing each other such that the air—not the space—between them becomes a part of the work. As such, Myatt uses air to represent the airing, or communication, of ideas.”
Exhibit Sponsors
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Included Artwork
Pine wardrobe ( made by artist’s grandfather) and Southern Pine (grown by the artist)
120 x 168 x 40”
Painted and polished steel and air
73 x 53 x 3”
Painted and polished steel and air
73 x 53 x 3”
Broom handles and mirrors 28 x 60 x 40” Collection of Carissa Husong and David Lusk
Relief print 60 x 48”
Relief Print 60 x 48″
Relief Print 60″ x 48″
Relief print and etching with chine colle 20 x 30”
Relief print and etching with chine colle 20 x 53”
Relief print and etching with chine colle 20 x 53”
Wooden portfolio of word prints Fir, plywood, rubber stamps and three prints on paper 3 x 54 x 24”
Reclaimed wood and metal, steel, fluorescent light and electricity 15 x 98 x 9”
Cut nesting tables, acrylic on paper, sketchbook & beeswax 54 x 20 x 45