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Born 1961 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Recent work for Matthew Cox deals with the idea of redefinition. By combining a material or social idea with an unexpected one they both are taken out of their expected context and their original intention is redefined. At Volta NY he will exhibit two, at first, seemingly different bodies of work but look closely and each is built on this idea of redefinition.
The first series is a group of embroidered medical x-rays. These two divergent materials, slick photographic plastic and French embroidery thread, are joined. Cox sews through the x-ray to partially reconstitute the figure over the bone. The materials blend, overlaying the hard medical practicality with the nurturing and labor-intensive action of stitching.
In the second he has created a fictitious company called Crimini Couture [a.k.a. Crimes Couture]. Here the socially stigmatic acts of crime have shifted into a sales device for fashion. Painted criminal events depict models on crime scenes and in prison cells. Crime sells the news, movies, video, products- can crime sell high fashion?
Matthew Cox studied at Parsons School of Design, NY and Otis/Parsons School of Design, LA. His recent exhibitions are: LTMH Gallery, NYC; Centre for the Living Arts, Mobile, Al. He received in 2008 the Pew Charitable Trusts Fellow and has works in public collections in New Orleans Museum of Art and Georgetown College Art Gallery. Cox currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.
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 Matthew Cox, Torso, 17 x 14 inches, embroidery thread through found x-ray |
