Southampton, NY, May 11th, 2011

Matisse Patterson graduated with honors from The School of Visual Arts this May. She is coming straight out of her art school years with her first solo exhibition entitled, Danger Deep Water, at the Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art.

While Matisse has enjoyed and experimented with many different mediums throughout her career as an artist, she is currently fascinated with materials that she finds.

“I try not to alter or overpower my objects, but instead, enhance their qualities by combining them with something else and giving them a new surrounding. In doing so I am able to make the viewer acknowledge these found pieces as art rather than recognize them as objects.”

Growing up on the East End of Long Island, the beach sign, “Danger Deep Water” is all too familiar; it appears in the sand whenever one of the inlets is opened into the ocean. The title of this exhibition is not only relevant as a found object that appears in one of the artist’s sculptures, but it also refers to the present time and the delicate state of our earth. It is suggestive of the idea that with one more step we might be consumed by the water that surrounds us. In a society of constant consumption, Matisse chooses to revisit objects that have been disregarded by others and breathes new life into them, embellishing their natural beauty.

On Friday, May 27th, Tripoli Patterson presents his opening show, Danger Deep Water, at the Tripoli Gallery of Contemporary Art, 30 Jobs Lane, Southampton, NY with an opening reception for the artist from 6 - 10 pm. Refreshments will be served.

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Matisse Patterson Stoned Rust, 2010 rocks eroded on metal stake 30 x 20 x 10 inches (76.2 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm)
Matisse Patterson Fly, 2023 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Mechanic Nature, 2011 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Elegant Funk, 2011 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Lighter Then Weight, 2023 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Pieced With Pink, 2011 mixed media Variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Tinker Bell, 201 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Dreams, 2011 mixed media 41 x 23 x 2 inches (104.14 x 58.42 cm)
Matisse Patterson Boxed Emotions, 2011 glass ball encased by glass cube on wood block with gold chain variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson 19th Street, 2011 found material and lamp variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Untitled, 2011
Matisse Patterson Shattered Riches, 2023 mixed media 22 x 14 inches
Matisse Patterson The Empire Of Light, 2011 found tire and lamp 30 x 30 inches (76.2 x 76.2 cm)
Matisse Patterson Mixed Emotions, 2011 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Pink Fire, 2011 mixed media Variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Bird Watcher, 2011 mixed media 11 x 13 x 8 inches (27.94 x 33.02 cm)
Matisse Patterson Untitled , 2011
Matisse Patterson Pink Candle, 2011 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Saw Chair, 2011 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Face-Up/Mystery Man, 2011 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson Little Door, 2023 mixed media variable dimensions
Matisse Patterson