I smiled and told him that I am busy working away, creating new work and exploring new mediums (I am also posting regularly on instagram, Ello and tumblr).
I have taken so many photos, that I am still slowly working my way through images I captured at the start of 2017, as well as working my way through mixed-media pieces I created in 2015 & 2016!
Here are some things I have been working on recently.
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This image was from January 2017. This one has been flipped upside down.
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This was taken somewhere near the South Australian/Victorian border as we drove home from an interstate holiday in Adelaide over Christmas 2016.
Yellow Lines #22 171016 . Taken in October 2016, somewhere in the city of Melbourne.
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Twilight over the Macedon Ranges #46
141017. Taken in October 2017. I took a series of these images, there is something so lovely about wide country vistas and twilight.
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‘What makes me a man? #113 190217′
“I lie about the size of my cock. I say it is much bigger than it is, it makes me feel like I am more of a man, stronger, more powerful.”
This piece from a series in Feb 2017, aims to explore aspects of toxic masculinity. .
The agony of non-acceptance (v). From a conceptual series taken in February 2017.
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Self Portrait #11 170417 . A self portrait taken in April 2017.
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'cock iii'
(for the Laird's art comp)
Acrylic and graphite on paper. 2017. I completed three works for a gay art comp.
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Seminal works Outtake
‘Seminal works #02 070116′. An outtake from the Seminal works series. Scanned experimental work with Semen, ink and watercolour. The project catalogue, which talks about the project in depth can be downloaded from this page: https://www.matthewschiavello.com/other-projects/
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Spit #07 130316 . Scanned experimental works, using Spit (Saliva), watercolor and Ink.
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‘The Leanover (in red, white and yellow’)', 2018. 20 x20 inches.. acrylic and graphite on canvas. Self framed.( i-phone photograph)
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all work, copyright matthew schiavello 2018
