Matt Gatton is a pioneer of portrait photo-sculpture as a fine-art medium, having worked in the field since the 1980s. The idea of photo-sculpture began in Paris in the 1840s and is largely an esoteric French concern. Photo-sculpture combines the two-dimensional veracity of photography with the three-dimensional reality of sculpture. This enhances the presence and essence of the subject. Photo-sculpture is, in some respects, a postmodern translation of the remarkable polychrome sculptures of Greek antiquity and the Spanish Golden Age, when artists sought to envivify their subjects with exquisitely detailed surface treatment. Gatton uses a 'magical realism' approach, incorporating dreamlike imagery and landscapes into his portraits.

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IG: matt.gatton
web: mattgatton.com

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