Diaphaneity
New Work by Matt Sellars

Please join us to hear Matt talk about his work
Thursday, March 23 at 6:00pm at Platform.

February 16 to March 25, 2025

In his exhibit entitled "Diaphaneity," Matt Sellars' new sculptural work reminds us that memories can often become as thin and ephemeral as a vanishing barn. Just as light pours through an old barn's bare slats, memory itself often becomes diaphanous and everything but the most pertinent information falls away.

All the works in this exhibit reference various stages of life: youth and vitality, age and decrepitude, hope and the guarantees against an uncertain future, all with a mixture of humor and sadness. Their forms, which have become an essential element in Sellars' visual language, come from his memories of the rural landscape of his youth. Agriculture as a way of life is very tenuous, especially with the advent of large corporate farming and the squeeze on small family-owned farms. Sellars marvels at the tenacity of people who work these small farms and wonders at their ability to survive the many variables working against them. Ultimately, the works in this exhibit evoke the greater joys and struggles of life.