ReadingRoom, Melbourne

Matlok Griffiths, Yesterday’s Solutions and Sorepoints, 17–20 February, 2022

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Yesterday's Solutions, 2020–2021 Installation view

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2021,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2021,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2021,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (Set) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (----City) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (Fragrant) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2021,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (It's a job to correct one) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2021,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (Progress) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (Bird with no head) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, 2020,
gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Untitled (Lived up to a bad name) from the series Yesterday's Solutions, gouache and newspaper on paper, framed,
42 × 32 × 4 cm

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Yesterday's Solutions, 2020–2021 Installation view

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Biography

Matlok Griffiths (b. 1983 in Perth, Australia) lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. Matlok’s practice employs a wide-range of materials and media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, and printmaking.

A suite of 44 monotypes, Mumbles & Clunks (2018), was acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria Collection, Melbourne in 2021.

Three publications document his practice, Mumbles & Clunks, Co-published by Darren Knight Gallery and ReadingRoom (2019), Buffoon Seeks Pleasure, Darren Knight Gallery, Australia (2016) and Comfort Room Forms, PubPublishing, Australia (2015).

Selected solo and group exhibitions include, Hole of Mirrors, ReadingRoom, Melborne (2018), hold tight to your silence and wait, ReadingRoom, Melbourne (2018), Norminal, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (2017), Drawing and Double A-Side, Darren Knight Gallery (2017), Buffoon Seeks Pleasure, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (2016), Group Show – Second Iteration, Arts Project, Melbourne (2016), Export Quality Paintings, NKN Gallery, Melbourne (2015), New Thoughts on Luxury, Blockprojects, Melbourne (2013) and Out of Touch, Chapter House Lane, Melbourne (2013).