Mullican, Matt | Subjects (10), 2018 — available on Composition Gallery

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Suite of 10, multiple-colour lithographs plus title and colophon pages; housed in a clamshell box. Each image was finished with graphite hand-drawing in Mullican’s personal font. If you like extra pictures of each individual print, please let us know. (the works are unframed)

Subjects (10) by Matt Mullican is a suite of ten multi-color lithographs, each finished with graphite hand-drawing in the artist's personal font. Created in 2018 and housed in a clamshell box, this limited edition set (edition of 16) explores Mullican’s conceptual approach to semiotics, personal symbolism, and constructed realities. Each print features a distinct, abstract graphic element combined with text, engaging viewers in a contemplation of identity, perception, and meaning. The use of simple geometric forms and primary colors creates a structured yet enigmatic visual language that invites interpretation. With dimensions of 47 cm by 37 cm, each lithograph exemplifies Mullican’s exploration of how symbols and graphics can encapsulate human experience and subjective viewpoints.

Matt Mullican (USA, 1951) is a multidisciplinary artist known for his explorations of systems, symbols, and the human condition. His work spans drawing, installation, performance, and digital media, often creating fictional cosmologies and visual languages. Mullican’s practice bridges personal narratives with universal themes, challenging perceptions of reality and meaning.

Matt Mullican

Subjects (10), 2018

Name: Subjects (10), 2018
SKU: 5422
Price: 6000.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Lithograph

Lithograph Lithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

Edition

Edition of 16

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Matt Mullican is an American artist from California. Mullican is one of many artists labeled as part of the Pictures Generation (1974 to 1984); thought to be the first generation saturated with the imagery of media symbols. He is best known for his practice of creating art while under hypnosis, and often for an audience. Matt Mullican has been pursuing this mode of creation since he started working with hypnosis in the 1970s. His own arsenal of pictographs, along with numbers, signs, symbols, letters, and free form automatic drawings comprise his visual vocabulary. He often works on bed sheets, large papers or even walls using black acrylic ink to draw or paint. Many who attend Matt Mullican's events discover that he has an inner self who he refers to as “that person”, who paints and writes spontaneously. Two representative works in Matt Mullican's style include: Untitled (Learning from that person’s work: city, red), 2009 and Untitled (Set of Four Signs), 1980. Matt Mullican, who earned a BFA degree from CalArts, has been a teacher and lecturer at The School of Visual Arts and Columbia University, New York; Chelsea College of Art and Design and The London Institute, England; and The Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.

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Subjects (10), 2018

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