Exhibitions

LAWRENCE MATTHEWS: A RABBIT WITH A GUN

Crosstown Arts / 1350 Concourse Ave. , #280 March 13 - June 7th (Reception: March 13 6:00pm - 8:00pm)

Lawrence Matthews

From 2022 to 2024 I spent a lot of time absorbing media about altered reality perception.I think I developed the interest as an answer for why most times this feels off. Like there is something uncanny about existence. My reality. Space is constructed in odd ways. People are confusing. Time moves in ways which it shouldn’t. Months zoom past in hours. In each day there is a level of repetition that blends into itself like The Truman show.

Whenever I take the left instead of the right it’s like going down the wrong hall in a hospital or office building. The constructed environment around me didn’t plan for me to use my free will at that moment. This road, this hallway, these shadows aren’t rendered as they should be. It feels just uncomfortable enough for me to turn around and go back to my normal routine.

The last few years I’ve been pushing my limits there. Going further and further into spaces off the path. In the world, in my past and in my own head, which might very likely all be the same place. And if that’s the case then this reality is completely mine to shape as I chose, Right? My thoughts shape my perception of life and therefore life itself. What if I just chose to do whatever I wanted and for the environment to shape itself to my desires and not my fears? I wonder what would happen? This work is as close as I could get to sharing those moments.--Lawrence Matthew