Matti Wim Havens
installation - screen printing - experimental - conceptual - sculpture
Matti Wim Havens is a multi-media visual artist, whose work, is both conceptually fun and humorous, as well as aesthetically driven. Havens uses geometric patterns and other elements of design to draw the viewer in, so that they may contemplate the various societal, political, cultural and environmental issues, alluded to therein. Amongst other topics, his work has addressed current issues, including immigration, cultural hybridization, government use of torture techniques, and more recently, the ideology of President Trump. He also frequently collaborates with other artists in various media in order to broaden the scope of possibilities and address issues he may not be able to address alone.
The beauty of repeated geometric form is a motif that has played a central role in Havens' work. Sculptural, as well as two-dimensional compositions, play with line and shape to suggest larger spaces, both natural and manmade. The accumulation of layers of shapes, textures and colors also give the work a more physical presence.
