Structure and Imagery

Matthew Neil Gehring's Mixed Business will be accompanied by a full color catalogue that includes a Director's forward by Robin Stout and an essay on the work by Thomas Micchelli. (photo courtesy of the artist) Matthew Neil Gehring: Mixed Business Opening: Saturday, September 3rd, 4 to 6 pm September 3 - September 25, 2016 Stout Projects  is pleased to present  Mixed Business , a solo exhibition of New York painter, Matthew Neil Gehring. Matthew Neil Gehring’s provocative new works are energy cells, exuding a punch derived from a deep interest in color, its slippery, if not fictional nature, and its similarity to sound.  In this work, scale is volume control, color and movement are pitch, tempo, and timbre.  Drawing inspiration from Goethe’s statement (and a nod to Bowie) that “sound and vision are two rivers that flow from the same mountain", this body of work is at once reflective and action oriented with elusive and often...

       For JMB , 2015, alkyd house paint, spray, shirts, paint skins, and roller sleeves on canvas, 66 x 72 in. Rick Briggs: Full Circle February 18 – March 15, 2016 Opening reception from 1:00-3:00 PM.   A gallery talk with the artist will begin shortly after introductory remarks.    Flecker Gallery is pleased to announce an upcoming solo exhibition of recent paintings by Rick Briggs.  The show is comprised of a dozen selected paintings made between 2010 and 2015 and they pack a punch.  These are paintings that push against convention and that have established a language and a territory all their own.  Briggs was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and studied there at The Tyler School of Art (BFA).  He moved to NYC in 1980 and a year later to Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Later he attended SUNY Purchase (MFA).  In 2004, he was included in the Brooklyn Museum’s “Open House: Wo...

Installation view of Occo Socko! showing work by (l to r) Paul Behnke, Matthew Neil Gehring and sculptor, Rebecca Murtaugh (foreground).  Matthew Neil Gehring   Rebecca Murtaugh   Paul Behnke  Paul Behnke and Rebecca Murtaugh   A Diptych by Matthew Neil Gehring: Electrolytes , 2015   Matthew Neil Gehring   Infernal Blue Boy , 2015 by Paul Behnke  Rebecca Murtaugh's Aperture: Tempo Teal and Gladiolus , 2015 Occo Socko! with work by Rebecca Murtaugh, Matthew Neil Gehring and Paul Behnke On view through November 13, 2015 Stout Projects info All photos courtesy of Stout Projects © 2015-2016

Occo Socko! featuring new work by Rebecca Murtaugh, Matthew Neil Gehring and Paul Behnke Opening: Friday, October 16, 6 - 8 PM October 16 - November 13, 2015 Stout Projects 55 Meadow Street, # 310 Brooklyn, NY 11206 info

Zachary Keeting, September (3) , 2012, acrylic on canvas, 54 x 97 inches By Guest Contributor: Matthew Neil Gehring I was fortunate to catch a number of great shows this weekend, including these two at Brian Morris Gallery, both on Chrystie Street.   "On the Money” at the 163 Chrystie is a group show including Alison Hall, Suzanne Jolson, Zachary Keeting, Jenna Pirelli, David Rhodes, and Gary Stephan. “From Now On In” at 171 Chrystie is a group show including Michael Berryhill, Tom Burkhardt, Steve DiBenedetto, Lydia Dona, Fabian Marcaccio, Carrie Moyer, and Alexi  Worth.  Brian Morris continues to deliver an ambitious program and these shows are testaments to his efforts.  These are two solid groups of artists who have something to say.  All of the artists included in both shows have contributed paintings that seek to expand our experience of painting, and to nudge the enterprise along in some way.  Perhaps each is succ...

There is a special juror for this year's show, in honor of USI's 50th Anniversary. Matthew Neil Gehring is an Evansville native who graduated from North High School and came to USI on the Robert Carrithers Freshman Art Scholarship, graduating in 1998 with a BS in studio art. After earning his MFA from the University of Delaware, he taught at Humboldt State University, Syracuse University, and currently is the Chair of the Visual Arts Department and Director of the Flecker Gallery at SUNY Suffolk. Gehring maintains an active studio practice in Brooklyn, New York. His work has encompassed ceramics, sculpture, conceptual art, and most recently painting. University of Southern Indiana  Forum II, FA2 8600 University Blvd. Evansville, IN 47712 812.228.5006

Larry Poons talks about light and ambition in this short clip .  Thanks to  Matthew Neil Gehring  for sending this my way.

Matthew Neil Gehring , Buffers, 2014, oil on linen, 20x18 in. Abstraction and Its Discontents including work by:   Benjamin Adelmann, Meg Atkinson, Jeffrey Bishop, Sharon Butler, Miriam Cabessa, Paul Campbell, Marc Cheetham, Paul Corio, Jeff Fichera, Matthew Neil Gehring, Brian Guidry, Collin Hatton, Sara Jones, Jody Joyner, Maureen Meyer, Russell Perkins, Christopher Rose, Suzan Shutan,Tatiana Simonova and Andrew Small Opening Reception: Friday, October 24, 6 - 8 PM   October 24 - November 23, 2014 Storefront Ten Eyck 324 Ten Eyck Street Brooklyn, NY 11206

Artists: Rebecca Murtaugh , Justine Frischmann , Fran O'Neill , and Matthew Neil Gehring at the opening of Do It Yourself curated by Julie Torres   Do It Yourself curated by Julie Torres  Featuring work by:  Lorri Ott, Katie Bell, Esther Ruiz, Eleanna Anangos and Laurel Sparks - Curated by Julie Alexander Heather Garland, Meg Lipke, Leif Low-beer, James Prez and Chuck Webster- Curated by Brian Cypher  Katherine Bradford , Todd Bienvenu, Mike Olin, Jason Stopa and Rick Briggs- Curated by Brian Edmonds  Polly Shindler, Talia Shulze, Osamu Kobayashi and Yevgeniya Baras- Curated by Justine Frischmann  Susan Bricker, Shawn Powell, Will Hutnick, Pat Berran and Jen Shepard- Curated by David T Miller   Ben King and Jay Henderson- Curated by Sean Montgomery  Clare Grill, Suzanne Goldenberg, Maria Britton, Mike Olin, Yevgeniya Baras and Shanna Maurizi- Curated by Melanie Parke  Ashley Garrett, Becky Yazdan, Brian Wo...