I’ve been featured on the podcast, Interview with an Artist, hosted by with Wilamina Russo.
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Buckle in. This week's episode is a wide ranging conversation about travel adventures, creativity, and among other things, how the Playboy bunny got its name.
I'm serious! My guest this week is Melbourne based painter Matthew Quick.
What you are going to realise about Matthew is that he loves a good story. Throughout his life of traveling in his earlier years, Matthew has been under gunpoint by local authorities, gone underground mining in South America with explosives tied to him, and found himself in London in a recession.
The multi award winning and finalist listing artist has lived a life and then some. Matthew's paintings look to comment on the absurdity and complexity of times. His 2022 show at Nanda Hobbs titled the Mirror Electric was a fabulous example. Life like statues painting on to reflective aluminium adorned with some kind of filter you mind find on a smartphone. On first glance you might just think it tongue in cheek. And it is, but there is so much more depth to it.
On today's episode of Interview With An Artist, we talk about:
How's Matthew's father's financial position growing up impacted his career direction
How a lecturer Matthew had in his 20s had a life long impact on him,
Some of the amazing travel stories Matthew has,
And how he comes up with the many ideas he has for his art.
