THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE
From: 9.11.2024 - 25.01.2025
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Cosmology Circles), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Cosmology Circles), 2024
Pastel de óleo sobre lienzo, frottage / Oilstick on canvas, rubbing
100 x 100 x 4,5 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Heaven), 1987
Matt Mullican Untitled (Heaven), 1987
Gouache sobre papel, 2 partes / Gouache on rag paper, 2 parts
c/u - each: 39,8 x 29,8 cm, c/u enmarcada - each framed: 41 x 31 x 2,8 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (the first storm‘s of heaven in water color), 1978
Matt Mullican Untitled (the first storm‘s of heaven in water color), 1978
Acuarela y lapìz sobre papel / Watercolor and pencil on paper
60 x 77 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 63,3 x 80,4 x 2,8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 8 partes / Gouache on wood, 8 parts
c/u - each: 30.5 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 2 partes / Gouache on wood, 2 parts
c/u - each: 30,5 x 22,9 x 1,8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 2 partes / Gouache on wood, 2 parts
c/u - each: 30,5 x 22,9 x 1,8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 2 partes / Gouache on wood, 2 parts
c/u - each: 30,5 x 22,9 x 1,8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 2 partes / Gouache on wood, 2 parts
c/u - each: 30,5 x 22,9 x 1,8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 4 partes / Gouache on wood, 4 parts
c/u - each: 30,5 x 22,9 x 1,8 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache sobre madera, 2 partes / Gouache on wood, 2 parts
c/u - each: 30,5 x 22,9 x 1,8 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Subjective Sign), 2015
Matt Mullican Untitled (Subjective Sign), 2015
Pastel de óleo y gouache sobre lienzo, frottage / Oilstick, gouache on canvas, rubbing
200 x 200 x 4,5 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Heaven), 1983
Matt Mullican Untitled (Heaven), 1983
Gouache sobre papel / Gouache on rag paper
29,6 x 21,4 cm. Enmarcado / Framed 32,7 x 24,5 x 2,8 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache y pastel de oleo sobre lienzo, 4 partes / Gouache and oilstick rubbing oncanvas, 4 parts c/u - each: 50 x 50 x 2,5 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven), 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven), 2024
Gouache y pastel de oleo sobre lienzo, 4 partes / Gouache and oilstick rubbing on canvas, 4 parts c/u - each: 50 x 50 x 2,5 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Subjective within Subjects), 2018
Matt Mullican Untitled (Subjective within Subjects), 2018
Pastel de óleo y acrílico sobre lienzo, frotagge, 2 partes / Oilstick, acrylic on canvas, rubbing, 2 parts
c/u - each: 200 x 200 x 4,5 cm. Total: 200 x 400 x 4,5 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Sign Symbol), 1979
Matt Mullican Untitled (Sign Symbol), 1979
Gouache y lapiz sobre papel / Gouache and pencil on paper
73,7 x 58,5 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 78,5 x 63,5 x 4 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Fictional – The Sun), 1975
Matt Mullican Untitled (Fictional – The Sun), 1975
Rotring y lápiz sobre papel / Rapidograph and pencil on paper
57,4 x 72,5 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 61 x 76 x 3,5 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Element Poster), 1982
Matt Mullican Untitled (Element Poster), 1982
Acrílico sobre papel / Acrylic on paper
149,6 x 106,6 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 156 x 113 x 4,5 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Ohne Titel (… Did The Universe Have a Beginning?), 1974
Matt Mullican Ohne Titel (… Did The Universe Have a Beginning?), 1974
Collage, rotulador sobre papel / Collage, marker on paper
21,5 x 28 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 24,4 x 31 x 3 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Round Lübeck Chart / Color and Line), 2023
Matt Mullican Untitled (Round Lübeck Chart / Color and Line), 2023
Pastel de óleo sobre lienzo, frottage, 2 partes / Oilstick on canvas, rubbing, 2 parts
c/u - each: 100 x 100 x 4,5 cm. Total: 100 x 200 x 4,5 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled, 1975
Matt Mullican Untitled, 1975
Rotulador sobre papel / Marker on paper
28 x 21,5 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 31 x 24,4 x 3 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled, 1975
Matt Mullican Untitled, 1975
Etiquetas adhesivas de colores sobre papel / Colored adhesive labels on paper
57,3 x 72,5 cm. Enmarcado / framed: 68,5 x 83,5 x 2 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (early Banner), 1978
Matt Mullican Untitled (early Banner), 1978
Algodón cosido / Cotton stichted
68 x 53 cm
Única / Unique
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Vista de exposición / Exhibition view: THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE, ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven, 9-12), 2020
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven, 9-12), 2020
Acuarela sobre papel, 4 partes / Watercolour on paper, 4 parts
c/u - each: 36 x 26 cm, c/u enmarcada - each framed: 38,8 x 29 x 3 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven, 13-16), 2020
Matt Mullican Untitled (Things change in Heaven, 13-16), 2020
Acuarela sobre papel, 4 partes / Watercolour on paper, 4 parts
c/u - each: 36 x 26 cm, c/u enmarcada - each framed: 38,8 x 29 x 3 cm
Única / Unique
Matt Mullican Cosmological wall drawing for ProjecteSD, 2024
Matt Mullican Cosmological wall drawing for ProjecteSD, 2024
Lapiz sobre muro / Pencil on wall
98 x 92 cm
Única / Unique
THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE
We are thrilled to present Matt Mullican’s sixth solo exhibition at ProjecteSD. In over fifty years of artistic career, Matt Mullican (Santa Monica, 1951) has developed a vocabulary and a system of signs and symbols that offer a polyhedric vision of the universe. Systematization, structure and order of his vision of the world, ranging from personal to universal, are central themes in his production.
THE SIGN IS THE CIRCLE is a special collaborative project with Madrid based gallery 1MiraMadrid. To the gallery’s initiative to host a one-time show with Matt Mullican, we came up with the idea to develop “one only” exhibition split in two cities. One held at ProjecteSD in Barcelona, the other at 1MiraMadrid. One same show, one same idea. Two different venues, different works in each gallery. As Álvaro de los Angeles points out in the text he wrote for the exhibition: “This double exhibition functions like an addition of free-standing and irreplaceable parts”.
The figure of the “circle” runs through Mullican’s work since the beginning of his career in the mid 70’s. The exhibition is, thus, a look into the artist’s view of the world through the “circle”. The show will present artworks spaning from Mullican’s drawings of the mid 70’s through his recent series “Things change in Heaven” (2020-2024).