Bad at Sports Episode 140: Tony Matelli - a podcast by Bad at Sports

THIS WEEK IT'S THE AMANDA BROWDER SHOW!!! GUEST STARRING TONY MATELLI!!!

Tony Matelli has always been interested in the underdog. He has become well
known for his hyper-realistic sculptures often depicting characters and things
just barely getting by; things nearly dead, hopelessly lost or otherwise
totally unwanted. These sculptures serve as metaphors for our own social
malaise and our general struggle for survival. They mimic inner states of
desolation, panic, ambivalence and despair; frequent conditions associated with
trying to locate ones self within our social world.

Tony Matelli has exhibited extensively in the US
and in Europe. His work was most recently seen
in “5 Billion Years,? at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and Into Me/Out of Me, at P.S. 1 MOMA New York, travelling to
KW Berlin Institute of Contemporary Art. Upcoming projects include Evolution:
Tony Matelli/Alexis Rockman, Contemporary
Arts Center,
Cincinnati, Still Life, at the Dunedin Public
Art Gallery,
Dunedin, New
Zealand, and Die Macht der Dinge - The Power of Things, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin.

Also Duncan tries out his acting chops, with mixed results.

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