scroll paintings by Matthew Bailey Seigel

WHAT IS HAPPENING? We were growing fruits and nuts. Now silicon valley is growing something else. On the surface it seems to be tech: WWW, email, VoIP, Facebook, Twitter, iPad... But what is it really? If we are the neurons, then connections are being made at a furious rate. We've gone from nothing to what? Fast. Bad? Good? Does overhauling the entire eco system of the earth matter? Or should we bask in the glorious wonder of our part in creating and BEING part of a new biological entity?

These are the questions behind Matthew's current scroll paintings. Which are a reinvention of Japanese tatemono (standing scrolls) in modern materials. Introduced to Japan during the Heian Period (794 to 1185), hung scrolls were "primarily for displaying Buddhist images for religious veneration, or as a vehicle to display calligraphy or poetry."

scrolls from the Tangle show, Kaleid Gallery, August 2009

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acrylic on
flash spun high density polyethylene fiber
5 by 2 feet
black anodized aluminum hanging rods