Justin Matherly (b. 1972, West Islip, NY) is known for his large-scale sculptures referencing Greek and Roman antiquity. Cast in concrete, gypsum, fiberglass resin, and other contemporary materials, the works allude to corporeal and historical decay and entropy, eternal regeneration and continuity. Matherly’s work has been included in international exhibitions including “Lustwarande ‘19 – Delirious” at Park De Oude Warande in The Netherlands (2019); “Kunstler und Dichter (Artists and Poets)” at the Vienna Secession (2015); “A Triple Tour: Works from the Pinault Collection” at La Conciergerie, Paris (2014); the Public Art Fund’s 2012 show “Common Ground at City Hall Park;” and the Sculpture Center’s “In Practice Projects” in 2010. In 2017, Matherly presented his major work, Nietzsche’s Rock (2017) at Skulptur Projekte Münster, Germany. His work is represented in major museums and private collections worldwide, including the Helga de Alvear Foundation, Cáceres, Spain, and the Nasher Museum of Art, North Carolina. The artist currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Justin Matherly
Cost of living; mob above, mob below (w.t.n.c.g.l.), 2013
reinforced concrete, ambulatory equipment, stainless steel hardware, zip ties, spray paint, water based marker, 84 1/4 x 62 1/2 x 59 3/4 in. (214 x 158.8 x 151.8 cm)
Installation view, "Lustwarande ’19 – Delirious," Park De Oude Warande, Tilburg, The Netherlands, June 15—October 20, 2019
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij
Justin Matherly
Handbook of inner culture for external barbarians (we nah beg no friend), 2013
concrete and ambulatory equipment, 295 x 45 x 121 in. (749.3 x 114.3 x 307.3 cm)
Installation view, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, 2013
Justin Matherly
Untitled (Fear, Anxiety and Joy), 2016
Modified gypsum, spray paint, acrylic paint, concrete, ambulatory equipment, stainless steel tube
figure: 22 3/4 x 12 x 6 in. (57.8 x 30.5 x 15.2 cm); base: 32 x 20 x 11 1/2 in. (81.3 x 50.8 x 29.2 cm); sculpture: 54 3/4 x 32 x 17 1/2 in. (139.1 x 81.3 x 44.5 cm).
Justin Matherly
Untitled (Fear, Anxiety and Joy), 2016
Modified gypsum,spray paint, aluminum powder, airplane ashtray, concrete, ambulatory equipment, figure: 44 x 34 x 20 1.2 in. (111.8 x 86.4 x 511 cm); base: 8 x 26 x 19 in. (20.3 x 66 x 48.3 cm); sculpture: 52 x 60 x 39 1/2 in. (132.1 x 152.4 x 100.3 cm).
Justin Matherly
Nietzsche's Rock, 2017
concrete, modified gypsum, ambulatory equipment, 138 x 276 x 118 in. (350.5 x 701 x 299.7 cm), Skulptur Projekte Münster, 2017
Photo: Henning Rogge
Justin Matherly
Untitled, 2019
modified gypsum, spray paint
46 x 60 1/2 x 4 in. (116.8 x 153.7 x 10.2 cm)
Justin Matherly
Incorporated, 2019
GFRC, modified gypsum, acrylic lacquer spray paint
49 x 23 x 20 in. (124.5 x 58.4 x 50.8 cm)
Justin Matherly
False self, portrait, 2020
GFRG, synthetic based spray paint
figure: 34 x 12 5/8 x 12 in. (86.4 x 32.1 x 30.5 cm)
base: 36 1/2 x 18 x 18 1/2 in. (92.7 x 45.7 x 47 cm)
overall: 71 x 18 x 18 1/2 in. (180.3 x 45.7 x 47 cm)
Justin Matherly
Eat yourself fitter, 2020
fiberglass resin, epoxy resin, acrylic lacquer spray paint, UV varnish
89 1/2 x 81 x 63 in. (227.3 x 205.7 x 160 cm)
Justin Matherly
untitled, 2020 GFRG, synthetic spray paint
sculpture: 36 x 41 x 8 in. (91.4 x 104.1 x 20.3 cm)
pedestal: 32 1/2 x 20 x 48 in. (82.6 x 50.8 x 121.9 cm)
overall: 69 x 20 x 48 in. (175.3 x 50.8 x 121.9 cm)
Justin Matherly
untitled, 2021
inkjet print, spray paint and collage
image: 19 x 13 in. (48.3 x 33 cm)
frame: 21 1/5 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (53.8 x 39.4 x 3.8 cm)
signed and dated verso "Justin Matherly 2021"
