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“Turquoise Technica"

[Terminal series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on cradled panel

12x16x0.75 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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Lynn Hershman Leeson, Hero Sandwich Series: Monroe/Freud, 1986

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Blood walls hide cloaked evils.

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“Teal Technica"

[Terminal series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on cradled panel

12x16x0.75 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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The Decision by Tim Mitchell

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“Ascension 02" (Rebuilding Babylon)

[Ascension series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on cradled panel

12x24x0.75 inches

2024

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“Redeeming Sun"

[Relics series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on yupo paper

9x12 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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“A Place of Fear & Escape"

[Relics series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on yupo paper

10x12 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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“Haunted 46"

[Relics series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on yupo paper

10x12 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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“Tipping Points

[Fragments series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on canvas

11x14 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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“Girl in Beige"

[Relics series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on yupo paper

10x12 inches

2024

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“Veiled Patterns"

[Relics series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on cradled panel

9x12 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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“Fervor"

[Relics series)

by michael mathews

mixed media & collage on yupo paper

10x12 inches

2024

www.michaelmathewsart.com

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Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant. Unnatural Beauty

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Rudolf Stingel.

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I got the wonderful opportunity to see Labyrinth on the big screen last week (thank you Fathom Events) and I think this time around really helped me nail down one of the things that makes this movie so special to me: the ending message.

A story with a somewhat childish sixteen-year-old girl who immerses herself in magic and fantasy worlds who goes through a journey and a transformation and comes out the other side more mature could very easily have ended with the message of "Now that the adventure in the fantasy world is over, our heroine has grown and matured enough to leave magic and fantasy behind and become an Adult."

But Labyrinth doesn't do that.

Labyrinth says: "You might grow up a little. You might put away your costumes and your music box and your crown. You might give your teddy bear to your little brother. But that doesn't mean you have to leave it all behind. Every so often in your life, for no reason at all, you might need a little magic back in your life. And your friends in the fantasy world will always be there for you."

"Should you need them."