Border Crossings Auction – Perfect Vision 20/20: Looking Forward 2021

February 2028, 2021
Auction begins to close at 7:00 pm ET

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LOT 53

Lot 53

SYLVIA MATAS

SYLVIA MATAS
Lot 53 Details
SYLVIA MATAS

BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, 2017

Graphite on paper
19 ins x 29 ins; 48.3 cms x 73.7 cms

Estimate $1,200-$1,800

Sold For: $1,200
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SYLVIA MATAS
  • SYLVIA MATAS
Provenance:

Courtesy of the artist

Note:

Sylvia Matas is a Canadian artist working in video, bookworks, text, and drawing.

She received her MFA from the Chelsea College of Art in London, England. Her work has been included in exhibitions at The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Plug In ICA (Winnipeg), YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Gallery 44, the Art Museum, Mercer Union (Toronto), the Maclaren Art Centre (Barrie), Truck Contemporary Art (Calgary), and Útúrdúr, (Reykjavík).

Matas' videos have recently been screened at Smart Projects Space (Amsterdam), Harvestworks DMAC (New York), Helen Pitt Gallery (Vancouver), Gallery Homeland (Portland, Oregon), Eyelevel Gallery (Halifax).

Sylvia Matas
Interview - Border Crossings Issue 153, 2020
Sylvia, from here - Essay, 2020
Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs - Group Exhibition 2018

CONDITION DETAILS

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