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CoproGallery Presents Matt Rota The Philosophy of Flies

CoproGallery present Matt Rota The Philosophy of Flies, on view August 13th – September 3rd Opening: August 13th 8:00 PM – 11:30 PM.

Matt Rota’s Philosophy of Flies explores themes of catastrophe. Scenes of War, Famine, Floods and Earthquakes are populated with a civilization of the affected and ambiValent, Victims and Victors. It’s an absurd nightmare; one of both comedy and tragedy, where none involved can escape.

Matt Rota is an award winning illustrator based in New York and an instructor at institutions that include the School of Visual Art, and The Maryland Institute College of Art. His clients include T he New York Times, McSweeney’s, Nylon, The Utne Reader, LA Weekly, Russian Esquire, Philadelphia Weekly, The Columbia Journalism Review, Science News, Ninja Tune Records, Time Out Chicago, City magazine, Isthmus, Wax poetics , and other publications. His drawings and prints have been shown in galleries in New York, Hollywood, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Maine, Toronto, and San Salvador. He has received recognition and awards from The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Communication Arts, 3×3 Magazine, Creative Quarterly, and Lurzer’s Int’l Archive. His comics have been anthologized on Top Shelf 2.0, and in Gutter, Rabid Rabbit, and Supertalk.

Image: Matt Rota, Delicate Prey, watercolor, ink, acrylic on Rives BFK illustration paper, 11″ x 14″ © Courtesy of the Artist and CoproGallery

CoproGallery
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave., #T-5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
www.copronason.com

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