Mathew Sawyer Sale

"Selling some stuff as I'm still out of work. DM me," says British artist Mathew Sawyer. Message him on Instagram @mathewsawyer to purchase. 

 

Mathew Sawyer Tats

Some recent tattoos by Mathew Sawyer.

For more, visit his instagram page:  https://www.instagram.com/mathewsawyer/

Instagram

Hopefully daily posts will return in the new year, but in the interim, follow my instagram account, where about 80% of the content is art and about 80% of that content is artists' books and editions.

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Mathew Sawyer | Venn Diagram for the World

Mathew Sawyer
Venn Diagram for the World
Toronto, Canada: Nothing Else Press, 2017
13 x 9.5 cm.
Open edition


Nothing Else Press is pleased to announce the launch of a a new fridge magnet featuring Sawyer's 2010 work Venn Diagram for the World.

When he was still a student, Matthew Higgs compared Sawyer to both Martin Creed and Bas Jan Ader, in the pages of Art Forum. Skye Sherwin in the Guardian more recently wrote "[in Sawyer's Venn Diagram] there's the world we want and the world we live in, but there is no real world. By this, Sawyer is implying, of course, that we're solipsistic folk, stuck in the world in our head. He tests the boundaries, exploring what is arguably the crux of all art: the yearning to communicate and make sense of life, and the challenges of doing so."

Sawyer's work encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture, performance, discreet interventions, and music (writing, recording and performing under the name The Ghosts, and briefly as the drummer for the Television Personalities). Sawyer is based in London, England. Visit his website here for more information.

The work is available for purchase for $8.00 here, or at the Edition Toronto Art Book fair for $5.00 this weekend.

Mathew Sawyer | Piss Record, '03

Mathew Sawyer
Piss Record, '03
Toronto, Canada: Art Metropole, 2003
14 x 12 x 0.4 cm.
Audio CD, 5 minutes
Edition of 50 numbered copies

"10 days out of April, mainly when it was raining, I recorded myself going for a piss. And each time I then played some music to go with it." - Mathew Sawyer

Ten short songs ranging from 22 to 34 seconds, determined by the duration of the accompanying sound of the artist pissing. Each track begins with an announcement of the weather (see below) followed by a short ditty in a number of different genres and instrumentation (mostly acoustic). Commissioned for the exhibition Passing Water, which also featured Jonathan Monk, Karen Azoulay, Alex Schweder, Joel Gibb and Adam Freelin.


"Wednesday, second of April, a bit on and off"
"Monday, seventh of April, reasonably hot"
"Thursday, tenth of April, raining"
"Friday, eleventh of April, a bit cloudy"
"Tuesday, fifteen of April, drizzle"
"Saturday, nineteenth of April, nothing"