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MATTHEW COUPER & ALIOS PRESENT:

‘SKINS & TEETH’

A ONE-NIGHT PREVIEW AND PUBLICATION LAUNCH

Thursday, September 13th, 2012, 6.00PM - 9.00PM

ALIOS, 1217 S. Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89104, USA

Downtown Las Vegas-based artist Matthew Couper will be presenting new artworks at ALIOS before traveling to Australia, New Zealand and Spain for upcoming solo and group exhibitions. The ‘one-night only preview’ will present 14 unstretched oil paintings on canvas, a similar number of corresponding incised scrimshaw teeth and a Biombo maquette.

The title of the preview references the hanging, distressed canvases that Couper sends unstretched for ease of transportation to various galleries that represent his art. The teeth refer to the scrimshandered whales’ teeth which feature similar symbolism to the large paintings. Couper continues his anachronistic adaptation of Spanish Colonial painting to present issues of survival as an artist, art as historical currency and reactions to his new home of Las Vegas.

“I’ve been wanting to present the paintings and scrimshaw teeth to friends and interested parties in Las Vegas because the primary motivation for the works now come from here in Las Vegas and the machinations of the Strip - this amazing humanist construct in the middle of a harsh, arid desert. These new paintings provide a conduit between my status as a ‘new arrival’ and my dissection of Las Vegas as an unique place to make art” says Couper.

Viewers familiar with Couper’s art practice will be able to see corresponding paintings and scrimshaw en masse relating to recent performances such as the 2012 London Biennale in Nevada and paintings exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Center, Winchester Cultural Center, Blackbird Studios, ATM in Las Vegas, and Pop Up Art House in Henderson.

Because the artworks in the preview are ear-marked for exhibitions elsewhere, Couper’s new publication Thirty-Three will be available to purchase. The full-color, 80-page catalog accompanies his current traveling exhibition in New Zealand, with an essay by anthropologist and author Dr. Peter J. Howland.

CONTACT:
Matthew Couper, info@mattcouper.com. Phone: (510) 936-4052
For more information on the artist, upcoming events and video footage:

Location:
http://www.alios.com

CALENDAR EDITORS:
Date: 9/13/12
Time: 6:00PM-9:00PM
What: SKINS & TEETH’ -a one-night preview and publication launch. Artworks by Matthew Couper
Where: ALIOS, 1217 S. Main Street, Las Vegas, NV 89104, USA
Tickets: Free, publication ‘Thirty-Three’ available for purchase

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