Matthew Metzger ¿ Heirloom

Catalog for an exhibition of Matthew Metzger-s paintings at the Renaissance Society. -Published on the occasion of Matthew Metzger-s exhibition Heirloom at the Renaissance Society, this is the first book dedicated to the artist-s paintings, which echo and explore various kinds of abstraction. Anchored by the new paintings Metzger made for this exhibition-a set of works conceived as an installation for the Renaissance Society-s space that also serve as the subject of an essay by curator Karsten Lund-the book also features four other series of paintings by the artist, each of which further charts his evolving aesthetic and conceptual strategies. -For this publication, Metzger has also invited six writers-including Kris Cohen, Fumi Okiji, Hamza Walker, Jan Verwoert, and Anna Zett-to reflect on how abstraction functions more broadly, whether as a psychological tendency, a social phenomenon, or a technological side effect, among many other possibilities. -