![SKYLAR FEIN, Yosemite [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/9b35fb5f3c94d8dc46063df79f64ee9a.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Yosemite [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/5cc1a2c16f71cb9e43dbe0c28871e63d.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, What You Want is Alive and Real [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/1a8f75c32f72118f18dbba340b1925b7.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, What You Want is Alive and Real [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/d6d1d028259d9ac71b2ff09bb47fec97.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Twelve Proven Ways to Get a Raise [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/3e72ff677e4039890dc2a1bdd886f5c1.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Twelve Proven Ways to Get a Raise [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/84d39984df03b207652039a6f011da8d.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Top Rolling Papers [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/5af771be05fd7e89cb048c66c8ef707a.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Top Rolling Papers [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/72f7eabdd08a743c2f82f0cac0746e40.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Thank You [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/2f4ff9f1691e0feb40f0b39e41b7b2fd.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Thank You [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/508e67c361ce6961920c8a89242a6a01.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Success Without College [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/94d1bd6ae07c51bb3d1ed237067a8a35.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Success Without College [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/8e02d85d6e446b1812ada1604a6fb8e3.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Lucky Strike [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/42a7645c14fcb0dbb96afd9102a44302.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Lucky Strike [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/77002347b7b7aecff892b7b1a406f92b.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Let Us Now Close Ranks (Ford/Reagan) [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/519ae2d61347113cea7057291f70e568.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Let Us Now Close Ranks (Ford/Reagan) [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/bb2ebd00640ec4ef8d3d96a8bf54c556.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Learn Basic Computer Programming [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/ad6fa30ef078a269fd66aedbfbb5f9d4.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Learn Basic Computer Programming [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/b68e018183149d8ee048cd54a3eefa1d.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Isn't it Great to be an American (Levi's) [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/5ac99f7c244d774ce5eb3d63a3d81b72.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Isn't it Great to be an American (Levi's) [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/5cf9001f4780321fbdb2947bc8578104.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Howard Johnson's [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/209dfdfacfca13919f85f3e8f5b719c3.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Howard Johnson's [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/0589746e2168381dcbb237ed34a7f590.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, How-dee-licious (Minnie Pearl) [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/49711196846299411b098ad1f63853ff.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, How-dee-licious (Minnie Pearl) [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/e3859c4d0d6bac9e1a3b098670f74e38.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, GE Soft White [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/01315bfab1ae7ffb6415ce5663231464.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Draw Winky [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/9813fb0f74e6579d4c8950c79395ec6c.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Draw Winky [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/47a45f22ebfbf357a777a128c3eb5be5.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Draw Spunky [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/c8ce953c309fa486d5ddb12771fbf6f8.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Draw Spunky [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/ae516965ea730230f5e97dc051c0c4b8.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Can You Draw Me? (Cowboy) [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/2c3ac28ef82d0a92b2bf51ce546cfe78.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, Can You Draw Me? (Cowboy) [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/b573c8e7332744a0748811be0ca42252.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, 1000 Stamps (JFK) [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_1010,h_580,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/b455b3cffc6b0501ffb79a953a0ea9af.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN, 1000 Stamps (JFK) [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_1010,h_580,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/3449757306261257a487bf895d4d3db5.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN 1000 Stamps (Eleanor Roosevelt) [side view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_2020,h_1160,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/e73b2e17fa46803ab14da423ab0e4209.jpeg)
![SKYLAR FEIN 1000 Stamps (Eleanor Roosevelt) [interior view], 2014](https://img.artlogic.net/w_1010,h_580,c_limit/exhibit-e/5493565707a72c7342335013/8cf5cec85c30ef3352bc33d1162e015e.jpeg)
SKYLAR FEIN
SKYLAR FEIN
Yosemite, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4.5 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
Yosemite [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4.5 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
Yosemite [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4.5 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
What You Want is Alive and Real, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
26 x 24 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
What You Want is Alive and Real [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
26 x 24 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
What You Want is Alive and Real [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
26 x 24 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
Twelve Proven Ways to Get a Raise, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Twelve Proven Ways to Get a Raise [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Twelve Proven Ways to Get a Raise [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Top Rolling Papers, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
28 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Top Rolling Papers [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
28 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Top Rolling Papers [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
28 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Thank You, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Thank You [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Thank You [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Success Without College, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 23 x 6 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Success Without College [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 23 x 6 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Success Without College [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 23 x 6 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Lucky Strike, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Lucky Strike [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Lucky Strike [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Let Us Now Close Ranks (Ford/Reagan), 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
26.5 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Let Us Now Close Ranks (Ford/Reagan) [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
26.5 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Let Us Now Close Ranks (Ford/Reagan) [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
26.5 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Learn Basic Computer Programming, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Learn Basic Computer Programming [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Learn Basic Computer Programming [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Isn't it Great to be an American (Levi's), 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 6.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Isn't it Great to be an American (Levi's) [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 6.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Isn't it Great to be an American (Levi's) [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 6.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Howard Johnson's, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
27 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Howard Johnson's [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
27 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Howard Johnson's [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
27 x 24 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
How-dee-licious (Minnie Pearl), 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
How-dee-licious (Minnie Pearl) [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
How-dee-licious (Minnie Pearl) [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 4 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
GE Soft White, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
GE Soft White [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
30 x 24 x 4.5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Draw Winky, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 3 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Draw Winky [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 3 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Draw Winky [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
24 x 24 x 3 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Draw Spunky, 2014
painted aluminum, wood, rubber
25 x 24 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
Draw Spunky [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
25 x 24 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
Draw Spunky [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
25 x 24 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
Can You Draw Me? (Cowboy), 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
25 x 24 x 4.25 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Can You Draw Me? (Cowboy) [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
25 x 24 x 4.25 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
Can You Draw Me? (Cowboy) [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
25 x 24 x 4.25 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
1000 Stamps (JFK), 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
31 x 22 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
1000 Stamps (JFK) [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
31 x 22 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
1000 Stamps (JFK) [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, and rubber
31 x 22 x 5 inches
[SOLD]
SKYLAR FEIN
1000 Stamps (Eleanor Roosevelt) [side view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, rubber
31 x 22.5 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
1000 Stamps (Eleanor Roosevelt), 2014
painted aluminum, wood, rubber
31 x 22.5 x 4 inches
SKYLAR FEIN
1000 Stamps (Eleanor Roosevelt) [interior view], 2014
painted aluminum, wood, rubber
31 x 22.5 x 4 inches
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery is proud to announce Giant Metal Matchbooks, new metal sculptures by artist Skylar Fein. This special exhibition, in conjunction with New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, will be on view from 24 April through 10 May, 2014 with an opening reception on Saturday, 3 May from 6-9pm.
Fein is best known for working with wood. But for this new series, the artist learned how to work with aluminum, an entirely new material for him. The result is a freshness that is obvious on first sight.
Fein says of the new work:
But why matchbooks? A common object is a perfect meeting place. That's an Oldenburg quote, I think from the 1980s, and it's still true - in objects we discover society, and in objects society discovers itself. The most banal objects are anything but.
Obviously Claes Oldenburg's giant sculptures are forerunners here, along with a dash of Warhol's Brillo boxes and a side of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." Small isn't trivial. Oldenburg said he was going for something giant that was simultaneously antimonumental. It's a paradox but we're stuck in it so we may as well enjoy it.
The matchbooks open up, revealing - yes, giant wooden matches, with realistic match heads. Do they light? Not exactly. But they burn.
Skylar Fein was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbrella of the Quakers, working for a gay film festival in Seattle, stringing for The New York Times and as pre-med student at University of New Orleans where he moved one week before Hurricane Katrina hit.
In the wreckage of New Orleans, Fein found his new calling as an artist, experimenting with color and composition of the detritus of Katrina. His work soon became known for its pop sensibility as well as its hard-nosed politics.
Skylar Fein was the recipient of a 2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award and his work is in several prominent collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, The Louisiana State Museum, The Birmingham Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art and collectors Beth Rudin DeWoody, Lance Armstrong, and Lawrence Benenson.