Article: Opposites, successfully married

"So what is this show?" Matthew Rich asks in his artist's statement for "IRE & ICE," his solo exhibit at samson. "In and out, single and multiple, intention and accident, refined and crappy . . ."

He goes on. It's the sort of non-specific artist's statement that can drive a concrete thinker crazy. But often, art that successfully marries opposites breaks old molds. It's true here. Rich's painted paper constructions are sharply intelligent and often surprising. Rich thoughtfully crafts every element. At the same time, his pieces look battered, like something you'd find tacked to a refrigerator with a magnet.

Rich makes his work out of pieces of paper that are painted and fastened together ...

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