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Artist Profile: Matt Kube

Matt Kube

Kansas city, MO

 

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Matt’s cityscapes portray brick facades, deteriorating buildings, elaborate masonry and the imagined possibility of what may be part of the cityscape in our future. His current works focus on balance, philosophy and the passing of time, manifested in: the boarding up of windows, the texture of a forgotten billboard, the elegance and starkness of a momentary shadow and the rich colors of brick and stone. He also uses shadows to describe a particular moment, which emphasizes the impermanence of our views and his desire to preserve local historic architecture. The wears and tears of the buildings fabricate the passage of time and make our cities the unique environment that they are. However, some efforts to save these icons of the past are taken for granted and come to an end. Matt paints for preservation, creating a record of architecturally rich buildings, places, views and cityscapes so that he may celebrate and document the aesthetic beauty of our past and raise public awareness of redevelopment possibilities of distressed historic buildings and places. His goal is to create beautiful documents of historic views through his work and help save the buildings and structures that he treasures.