{"id":788,"date":"2010-10-27T19:32:26","date_gmt":"2010-10-27T19:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=788"},"modified":"2010-10-27T19:32:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T19:32:26","slug":"matt-king-self-checkout-at-the-arlington-arts-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=788","title":{"rendered":"Matt King, Self Checkout at the Arlington Arts Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/news_matt_king_8126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-789\" title=\"news_matt_king_8126\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/news_matt_king_8126.jpg?resize=500%2C690\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is my first time viewing Kings work \u2013 at first encounter it seems fresh &amp; clean, pretty &amp; difficult, all at the same time. There is so much for the viewer to work with in these works it\u2019s really just a pleasure to be in the same room with them.<\/p>\n<p>This body of sculptural work is composed of chromed wire, painted steel, and wood; while techniques used for painting or glazing suggest craft as much as either fine art or mass reproduction. It is that intersection that I found the most interesting. The pairing of slickly made wire, metal and wood objects mated with a very \u201ccraft\u201d looking sculptural elements that at time remind me of high school art class attempts at pottery.<\/p>\n<p>These divergent paths interest me the most about he work, of course if you are looking for just something real interesting to look at \u2013 you have that too.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Above: Desk Jockey, 2010. Maple, mixed materials, 32\u201d x 23\u201d x 81\u201d photo: Terry Brown<\/p>\n<h4>AAC announces the availability of seven studios in its Resident Artist Program. More information is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arlingtonartscenter.org\/studios\/apply\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my first time viewing Kings work \u2013 at first encounter it seems fresh &amp; clean, pretty &amp; difficult, all at the same time. There is so much for the viewer to work with in these works it\u2019s really just a pleasure to be in the same room with them. This body of sculptural work is composed of chromed wire, painted steel, and wood; while techniques used for painting or glazing suggest craft as much as either fine art or mass reproduction. It is that intersection that I found the most interesting. The pairing of slickly made wire, metal&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=788\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Matt King, Self Checkout at the Arlington Arts Center<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,37,61,71],"tags":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}