Recess is pleased to
present Heads Up!, a joint exhibition by fatherson duo Matt Ritchie and Miles Ritchie. Heads
Up! will feature a new collection of original works
as well as pins, prints, stickers, custom masks,
and more!
As father and son, the two share undeniably
similar artistic styles as well as a mutual love for
comics, film, TV, music, video games, and
everything pop. Both in their individual works and
in their collaborative ventures, the duo pays
homage to a vast range of pop culture subjects -
from the 1970s-era Star Wars and Battlestar
Galactica of Matt's early years, to the Masters of
the Universe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of
Miles' childhood, to our modern day CGI-heavy
superhero multiverses, and everything in between. Though they are inspired by many of the same
pop culture icons, their joint exhibitions offer perspective from two very different generations -
while Matt's presentation is steeped in decades of fandom, Miles renders beloved characters
with fresh eyes.
Each with his own individual style and personal fandom history, the Ritchies use wood as their
common base medium - distilling all their favorite 2-dimensional characters and icons into crisply
crafted and invitingly tactile 3-dimensional pieces. Matt often adds heavily layered paints
to embody brightly colored graphics and crossover humor, creating a stylistic flatness that seems
both an ode to its 2-D inspirations as well as an outright rejection of it. Miles, however, tends
to incorporate more natural exposed wood of the relief form itself - allowing light, shadow, grain,
and texture to tell a story different than his father's.
As the name suggests, Heads Up! is a collection of the heads of Matt and Miles' fandom
favorites. In contrast to their previous explorations of figurative action, posture, environmental
context, interactivity, and object representation, this new body of direct facial portraits presents a
streamlined overview of the combined Ritchie fandom - allowing the audience to view Heads Up!
head-on.
Please join us for Heads Up!, opening March 7th with an evening reception from 6pm - 9pm. Both
artists will be in attendance. The exhibition will be on view through March 28th, 2020. For more
information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email email us at
[email protected].
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present Heads Up!, a joint exhibition by fatherson duo Matt Ritchie and Miles Ritchie. Heads
Up! will feature a new collection of original works
as well as pins, prints, stickers, custom masks,
and more!
As father and son, the two share undeniably
similar artistic styles as well as a mutual love for
comics, film, TV, music, video games, and
everything pop. Both in their individual works and
in their collaborative ventures, the duo pays
homage to a vast range of pop culture subjects -
from the 1970s-era Star Wars and Battlestar
Galactica of Matt's early years, to the Masters of
the Universe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of
Miles' childhood, to our modern day CGI-heavy
superhero multiverses, and everything in between. Though they are inspired by many of the same
pop culture icons, their joint exhibitions offer perspective from two very different generations -
while Matt's presentation is steeped in decades of fandom, Miles renders beloved characters
with fresh eyes.
Each with his own individual style and personal fandom history, the Ritchies use wood as their
common base medium - distilling all their favorite 2-dimensional characters and icons into crisply
crafted and invitingly tactile 3-dimensional pieces. Matt often adds heavily layered paints
to embody brightly colored graphics and crossover humor, creating a stylistic flatness that seems
both an ode to its 2-D inspirations as well as an outright rejection of it. Miles, however, tends
to incorporate more natural exposed wood of the relief form itself - allowing light, shadow, grain,
and texture to tell a story different than his father's.
As the name suggests, Heads Up! is a collection of the heads of Matt and Miles' fandom
favorites. In contrast to their previous explorations of figurative action, posture, environmental
context, interactivity, and object representation, this new body of direct facial portraits presents a
streamlined overview of the combined Ritchie fandom - allowing the audience to view Heads Up!
head-on.
Please join us for Heads Up!, opening March 7th with an evening reception from 6pm - 9pm. Both
artists will be in attendance. The exhibition will be on view through March 28th, 2020. For more
information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email email us at
[email protected].
Recess is pleased to
present Heads Up!, a joint exhibition by fatherson duo Matt Ritchie and Miles Ritchie. Heads
Up! will feature a new collection of original works
as well as pins, prints, stickers, custom masks,
and more!
As father and son, the two share undeniably
similar artistic styles as well as a mutual love for
comics, film, TV, music, video games, and
everything pop. Both in their individual works and
in their collaborative ventures, the duo pays
homage to a vast range of pop culture subjects -
from the 1970s-era Star Wars and Battlestar
Galactica of Matt's early years, to the Masters of
the Universe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of
Miles' childhood, to our modern day CGI-heavy
superhero multiverses, and everything in between. Though they are inspired by many of the same
pop culture icons, their joint exhibitions offer perspective from two very different generations -
while Matt's presentation is steeped in decades of fandom, Miles renders beloved characters
with fresh eyes.
Each with his own individual style and personal fandom history, the Ritchies use wood as their
common base medium - distilling all their favorite 2-dimensional characters and icons into crisply
crafted and invitingly tactile 3-dimensional pieces. Matt often adds heavily layered paints
to embody brightly colored graphics and crossover humor, creating a stylistic flatness that seems
both an ode to its 2-D inspirations as well as an outright rejection of it. Miles, however, tends
to incorporate more natural exposed wood of the relief form itself - allowing light, shadow, grain,
and texture to tell a story different than his father's.
As the name suggests, Heads Up! is a collection of the heads of Matt and Miles' fandom
favorites. In contrast to their previous explorations of figurative action, posture, environmental
context, interactivity, and object representation, this new body of direct facial portraits presents a
streamlined overview of the combined Ritchie fandom - allowing the audience to view Heads Up!
head-on.
Please join us for Heads Up!, opening March 7th with an evening reception from 6pm - 9pm. Both
artists will be in attendance. The exhibition will be on view through March 28th, 2020. For more
information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email email us at
[email protected].
read more
present Heads Up!, a joint exhibition by fatherson duo Matt Ritchie and Miles Ritchie. Heads
Up! will feature a new collection of original works
as well as pins, prints, stickers, custom masks,
and more!
As father and son, the two share undeniably
similar artistic styles as well as a mutual love for
comics, film, TV, music, video games, and
everything pop. Both in their individual works and
in their collaborative ventures, the duo pays
homage to a vast range of pop culture subjects -
from the 1970s-era Star Wars and Battlestar
Galactica of Matt's early years, to the Masters of
the Universe and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of
Miles' childhood, to our modern day CGI-heavy
superhero multiverses, and everything in between. Though they are inspired by many of the same
pop culture icons, their joint exhibitions offer perspective from two very different generations -
while Matt's presentation is steeped in decades of fandom, Miles renders beloved characters
with fresh eyes.
Each with his own individual style and personal fandom history, the Ritchies use wood as their
common base medium - distilling all their favorite 2-dimensional characters and icons into crisply
crafted and invitingly tactile 3-dimensional pieces. Matt often adds heavily layered paints
to embody brightly colored graphics and crossover humor, creating a stylistic flatness that seems
both an ode to its 2-D inspirations as well as an outright rejection of it. Miles, however, tends
to incorporate more natural exposed wood of the relief form itself - allowing light, shadow, grain,
and texture to tell a story different than his father's.
As the name suggests, Heads Up! is a collection of the heads of Matt and Miles' fandom
favorites. In contrast to their previous explorations of figurative action, posture, environmental
context, interactivity, and object representation, this new body of direct facial portraits presents a
streamlined overview of the combined Ritchie fandom - allowing the audience to view Heads Up!
head-on.
Please join us for Heads Up!, opening March 7th with an evening reception from 6pm - 9pm. Both
artists will be in attendance. The exhibition will be on view through March 28th, 2020. For more
information, additional images, or exclusive content, please email email us at
[email protected].
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