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Press 2008

Kevin Mellema, Falls Church News-Press

Kevin Mellema, Falls Church News-Press — review of PASS Gallery show

Matt at the time · his Facebook posts

a very nice review of my painting(s) currently on display here at the PASS gallery in DC.! (by Kevin Mellema in the "falls church news press"):

"Matt Sesow offers another round characters treated to his trademark exuberant Brutalism. My favorite here is Sesow's "Lost Bunny," a black canvas painted with a grid work of blue eyed bunnies rendered in thin white lines. One bunny is lacking the ocular blue of his neighbors. That lone bunny has been manically encircled with a fat red line. It's not clear if "Lost Bunny" is headed for expulsion or extermination, but we can be fairly sure that his presence is not going to be tolerated by his homogenized blue-eyed neighbors. It's a wonderful telling of man's tribal tendencies, and our deeply ingrained desire to cloister ourselves off with people like us. It speaks to our insecurities and our need to feel safe by associating with people like us."

Where this record comes from

Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “Kevin Mellema, Falls Church News-Press.” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2008. history.sesow.com/e/2008-kevin-mellema-falls-church-news.html. Accessed [date].

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