At the Nasher in Dallas, colorful, blobby sculpture showcases artist’s developed style | Review
Matthew Ronay, "The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode," 2022, is on view at the Nasher Sculpture Center. Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York.
But not quite. Although he is said to share the abstract qualities of artist Jean Arp, Ronay tends to be more obvious. Still, his work has enough mystery to be worth examining, especially with a sculpture as complex as the one at the Nasher. Beyond the showroom pomp of the work’s panoramic length — nearly 24 feet long — is the delicate care with which Ronay treats the materials. No matter how much otherworldly hue he douses on the pieces, the basswood retains its grit, texture and grain. Some details in the sculpture are elegant and quiet, others rude and imposing.
While Ronay refers to nature as a “pedestrian inspiration,” he is admittedly influenced by both natural occurrences and biology — human organs, plants and mycology. “I am, as you’ll see in my own work, very dedicated to the phallus as a form, and so it was very natural that I’d be drawn to fungus,” he says in an essay for the Nasher.a genre that depicts organs and bodily processes through a macabre lens.
Matthew Ronay, 'The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode,' 2022, basswood, dye, gouache, flocking, plastic, steel, cotton, epoxy, HMA at 'Matthew Ronay: The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an Ode' at the Nasher Sculpture Center on view through Jan. 15, 2023.Matthew Ronay’s “The Crack, The Swell, an Earth, an Ode” runs through Jan. 15, 2023, at The Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St., Dallas.
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