![Painting, A History of Violence, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630555_1_grid.jpg)
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Matthew Langley is an American abstract artist who lives in New York. He is interested on the balance between colors and process, scale and relationship, planification and improvisation. He currently lives and works in New York. The artist studied at the Virginia Commonwealth University and obtained a degree from the Corcoran School of Art in 1986.
Langley's artistic apporach is linked to a wide ranged of interests. He is particularly familiarized with colored field painting, particularly the work of Morris Louis, Sam Gilliam and Gene Davis, as well as the abstraction of Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn and Callum Innes among others. The artist is also insterested in the paintings of artists like Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter.
Matthew Langley's technique to create his works of art consists in constructing and expanding as well as reducing and minimizing the painted surface. He thinks that it is not counterproductive and that the way to go is often to construct, reconstruct and so on. He often uses layers of semi-transparent paint combined to the sub surface of the artwork to reach the desire effect.
Langley's work is present in several private and public collections, including in MacAndrews & Forbes and the Doris Patz collections (University of Maryland). The artist has exhibited a lot in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, mainly othe East Coast. His most recent solo exhibitions include "The New Paintings" at the Blank Space, New York in 2015 and "Looking In: New Painting" in Axom, Rochester, NY in 2014. Several articles have been written about Langley's work in publications such as Art in America and The Washington Post.
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Langley's artistic apporach is linked to a wide ranged of interests. He is particularly familiarized with colored field painting, particularly the work of Morris Louis, Sam Gilliam and Gene Davis, as well as the abstraction of Mark Rothko, Richard Diebenkorn and Callum Innes among others. The artist is also insterested in the paintings of artists like Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter.
Matthew Langley's technique to create his works of art consists in constructing and expanding as well as reducing and minimizing the painted surface. He thinks that it is not counterproductive and that the way to go is often to construct, reconstruct and so on. He often uses layers of semi-transparent paint combined to the sub surface of the artwork to reach the desire effect.
Langley's work is present in several private and public collections, including in MacAndrews & Forbes and the Doris Patz collections (University of Maryland). The artist has exhibited a lot in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, mainly othe East Coast. His most recent solo exhibitions include "The New Paintings" at the Blank Space, New York in 2015 and "Looking In: New Painting" in Axom, Rochester, NY in 2014. Several articles have been written about Langley's work in publications such as Art in America and The Washington Post.
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![Painting, A History of Violence, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eclipse, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685916_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Boy tracer, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685883_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Molt (3/26/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705177_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, High velocity, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685919_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rollercoaster, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Milk and Honey, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Early winter, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The American girl, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998342_1_grid.jpg)
The American girl
Matthew Langley
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0 inch
$1,723
![Painting, Silence, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998330_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Con Leche, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998315_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black coffee blues, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998303_1_grid.jpg)
Black coffee blues
Matthew Langley
Painting - 45.7 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18 x 14 x 0 inch
$1,723
![Painting, Untitled 13, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998300_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 12, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998294_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 11, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998291_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled 10, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 4CD, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/680691_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, So Tough, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/668628_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, PCH, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/658026_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Peng, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630540_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sombre Reptiles, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630546_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orange Blossom Special, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630549_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Medium cool, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998435_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Warning signs, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998480_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The dream machine, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998459_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Strike, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Some velvet morning, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998453_1_grid.jpg)
Some velvet morning
Matthew Langley
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0 inch
$928
![Painting, Simple stuff, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998444_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Changing stations, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998375_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Great Dominions, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/644511_1_grid.jpg)
The Great Dominions
Matthew Langley
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0 inch
$795
![Painting, Hi-way Movie (12/1/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533276_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Phase (9/13/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/529181_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Map Fragment (2/5/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/525881_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sirens, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Old World, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Simple System, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613506_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sonnet, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Opened Expanse, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630564_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flare, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630576_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, West 93rd Street, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/52259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crystal Days, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, This Heat, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630543_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 20 Things, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/562663_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sometimes in Winter, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/306691_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hamilton, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/635208_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Going West, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Solaris, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/345397_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Overnight to Distant Cities, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/651528_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Riverbed, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ancient Light, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/60609_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Obstacle (7/14/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/523439_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Barbarian Days, Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/630573_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Easy Way Out (6/4/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536016_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kicks, Joy, Darkness (3/19/2015), Matthew Langley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/215425_1_grid.jpg)
Kicks, Joy, Darkness (3/19/2015)
Matthew Langley
Painting - 11.5 x 20.4 cm Painting - 4.5 x 8 inch
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The artistic movements of the artists are: Abstract Graphics
When was Matthew Langley born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1963