16 on Center 1990
McCaslin installed 6 walls of metal studs which are standard building materials The studs in each wall are 16 inches apart and each wall...
Description
McCaslin installed 6 walls of metal studs, which are standard building materials. The studs in each wall are 16 inches apart; and each wall is installed 16 inches from the next wall. As a group, they separate the room’s entrance from its windows. It is possible for a person to slip through the spaces to stand amidst the studs.
At the bottom of the stairs leading to the gallery, a coil of electrical cable, with metal covering, placed on the floor, encircling a lightbulb.
Artist Statement
The in between, to be somewhere, to be in a room, to be in a wall, to be in your mind, to be in my mind. A work place, a domestic place, any place, every place. The journey, the continual, letting go to find out from within.
Matthew McCaslin was born in Bayshore, NY and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. McCaslin earned his BFA from Parsons School of Design, NY. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad, including Brownstone Gallery, New York; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Sandra Gering, New York; Sima Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Musee d’art Moderne, St. Etienne, France; Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain; and many more.