DOMINGO, EL SIETE DE OCTOBRE, VEINTE DOCE

Recent published articles on my work over the last couple of months:
Fran Dibble, 'Palette of Painters', Manawatu Standard, Palmerston North, NZ, 2 October, 2012
Unknown, 'Matthew Couper and JK Russ: Firmamentation', Australian Art Collector, 2 October, 2012
Scott Dickensheets, 'We Chose You', Desert Companion, Las Vegas, October Issue, 2012
Anthony Behrens, 'Hidden Talent', SwampThing Magazine, 20 September, 2012 (PDF)
Checko Salgado, 'Matthew Couper: Skins & Teeth Review', Arts Vegas, 15 September, 2012
Jenessa Kenway, 'In The Thick Of It: Matthew Couper's Skins & Teeth', Las Vegas Citylife, 14 September, 2012
Brian Paco Alvarez, 'Las Vegas Based Artist For Export', Las Vegas Arts & Culture, 12 September, 2012
Scott Dickensheets, 'To Do Thursday: Matthew Couper's Skins & Teeth', Las Vegas Citylife, 12 September, 2012
Eric Minh Swenson, 'Is Tim Bavington the Ed Ruscha of Las Vegas?', Huffington Post, 22 August, 2012

JUEVES, EL DOCE DE JULIO, VEINTE-DOCE

Thirty-Three at Te Manawa, Palmerston North:
My touring exhibition 'Thirty-Three' opens this Saturday at Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science & History in Palmerston North, New Zealand. This is the second venue of a three-year tour of the exhibition around New Zealand. The publication for the exhibition will be available by the end of the month and I will be back in New Zealand for an artist floor talk in October.

Thirty-Three, (touring exhibition)
Te Manawa, 326 Main Street, Palmerston North, NZ,
14 July - 21 October 2012

LUNES, EL VEINTISIETE DE JUNIO, VEINTE-ONCE

VENT(10) " From Abroad" Group Exhibition- THERMOSTAT
Opening on Saturday 2 July, 5.30 - 7pm

Shelley Malcolm - LONDON
Barnard McIntyre, Clare Firth-Smith - MELBOURNE
Victor Berezovsky, Sandra Schmidt - DRESDEN
Matthew Couper, J.K. Russ - LAS VEGAS
David Boyce - HONG KONG
Christian Hogue - BANGKOK
Leahlani Johnson - SYDNEY
Exhibition runs until 21 July 2011
Thermostat Gallery, First floor, 155 The Square, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
Open: Wed - Fri 11am -4pm, Sat 11am - 2pm, Mon - Tues by appointment

www.thermostat.co.nz

VIERNES, EL NUEVE DE DICIEMBRE, VIENTE-DIEZ
Tonight is the opening of JK Russ' exhibition 'American Dream' at Thermostat Art Gallery in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Although there's a time delay between New Zealand and where we are in the USA, we'll be available to Skype the gallery during the exhibition opening to say hi to those that make it to the show.
The work will be viewable on Russ' website from tomorrow at this link here.

MARTES, EL VEINTISEIS DE OCTUBRE, VEINTE-DIEZ
Here's an invitation I received via email. It's for a 2-person exhibition, ceramics by Mark Rayner and paintings by Anthony Behrens. Mark co-runs Rayner Bros Gallery in Whanganui, NZ and I believe he's putting images of this work up on the Rayner Bros website as Thermostat Gallery doesn't have an active website.

LUNES, EL NUEVE DE AGOSTO, VEINTE-DIEZ
Hello All,

Just to let you know I have two new scrimshaw works featured in a new group exhibition, NAUTICAL at Thermostat Art Gallery in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
The opening is this Saturday the 14th of August, 5.30 - 7pm, and runs until the 2nd of September 2010
The two works can be viewed in 3D at my website, click on the titles below to view them:
'Bathysphere'
'Coast to Coast'

If you'd like any more information on the featured works, you can contact me here

Hasta pronto
Matthew

CRUZ DE DOMINGO, EL VIENTISIETE DE DICIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
A ceramic crucifix on a grave at the Sanson Cemetery in the Manawatu. I got Jo to take this photo as I thought it would be good to compare to the hand-coloured photograph that I posted a few weeks ago.

VIERNES, EL DOCE DE NOVIEMBRE, DOS MIL NUEVE
Opening tomorrow night at Thermostat Art Gallery in Palmerston is Ang Lane's exhibition, The Idealogues, a group of delicate, ethereal paintings. The exhibition runs until the 3rd of December.

DOMINGO, EL VIENTITRES DE AGOSTO, DOS MIL NUEVE
GREAT NIGHT LAST NIGHT, GOOD TURN OUT AT THE OPENING, ESP WHANGANUI FOLK. WE WENT BACK TO WHANGANUI AFTER THE SHOW WOUND DOWN AND POPPED IN TO TYLEE COTTAGE TO MEET NEW RESIDENT MIRANDA PARKES AND CATCH UP WITH LAURA AND TAO. NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M SICK- HEADCOLD- AND I HAVE TO FINISH A WORK TO SEND DOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH NEXT WEEK. ROTTEN
HERE'S ONE OF THE NEW WORKS I TOOK DOWN TO MARK.

SECURITY
2009
OIL ON WOOD

VIERNES, EL VIENTIUNO DE AGOSTO, DOS MIL NUEVE
YESTERDAY ENDED UP BEING QUITE BUSY, A LOOK AROUND THE GALLERIES, WALK AROUND THE PORT AND A VISIT UP TO ROB'S PLACE. DINNER AND STAYING WITH WHANAU, UP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TO PALMERSTON NORTH TO SET UP JO'S SHOW AT THERMOSTAT.

BANK BALLANCE (BASED ON THE OLD BNZ BUILDING IN WTGN)
OIL AND ENAMEL ON CANVAS
1999
PRIVATE COLLECTION, WTGN

VIERNES, EL SIETE DE AGOSTO, DOS MIL NUEVE
HERE'S SOME SHOTS OF THE OPENING OF SPIRITS, GHOSTS AND GREMLINS AT THERMOSTAT ART GALLERY IN PALMERSTON NORTH.

TOP: MY WORK, KOLONIALISM MACHT FREI, IN SITU
MIDDLE: MARK RAYNER'S DEVIL-BOY
BOTTOM: A SMALL SKELETON BY HANNAH BREMNER AND JAMES ROBINSON'S GHOST RYDERSS IN THE SKY. (PHOTOS BY J.K. RUSS)

DOMINGO, EL DOS DE AGOSTO, DOS MIL NUEVE
HERE'S MY PAINTING THAT'S PART OF SPIRITS, GHOSTS AND GREMLINS AT THERMOSTAT ART GALLERY IN PALMERSTON NORTH. IT'S CALLED KOLONIALISM MACHT FREI.