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Matt Deterior

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About Me

*creator* - produce 2D and 3D works in mixed media, screenprint shirts and prints.
"Brut, primitive, intuitive, outsider, folk, visionary, naive, untrained – whatever, I have been creating the things that I do long before I heard any of those terms used for art. When it comes to my work I could care less how the viewer decided to label it because fitting into someone’s little box will never be my goal, I am not catering to an audience, my work is strictly self serving."
Usually working straight from the subconscious he allows split-second choices (or mistakes) to guide the outcome of his work, often creating a series of starts that he reworks, details, and even destroys as he deems necessary. The majority of his pieces are mixed media work made up of several layers of process. Space is often filled with illegible train of thought rants married with characters that have been compared to a cross between brutish cave scrawling and modern-day pop graffiti. He has recently been collaborating with plush art toy designer and author John Murphy and found object art robot creator Mark May. In addition to creating pieces in mixed media, encaustics, and sculpture, Matt is currently producing his own line of original shirt designs and prints. He is also in the process of writing several children's books, screenplays, and his self published autobiographical comic, “Day By Day: The Life of Matt Deterior.” Deterior is the curator of Freedom Gallery (Lancaster, PA) and currently resides in Reading, PA with his wife and their four black cats.
“All we have is now, the future holds no promise, the past is dead and can not be trusted. My creations are pieces of the present that I steal before becoming part of the past. Within these there is no “good,” nor is there “evil,” there just is what there is, truth. Sometimes these things are all I have and most of the time they are more than I want. Either way, I am humbled by my work and the life I am able to secure within it.”
www.MattDeterior.com (WILL RETURN VERY SOON!!!)
Send Me Mail!:
Matt Deterior
P.O. Box 2553
West Lawn, PA 19609
AIM - MattDeterior
RECENT MIXED MEDIA PIECES

My Interests

art, music, movies, and playing with razorblades

I'd like to meet:

Who I WOULD NOT like to meet: Those with inflated egos, those with chips on their shoulder, those who believe that the world somehow owes them something, the closed-minded, the artificial, the judgmental, the easily offended…




Music:

:Wumpscut:
Alice Cooper
Anna Oxygen
Battles
Bauhaus
Black Box Recorder
Black Halos
Boxcar Satan
Briefs
Caleb Storms
Chemlab
Christian Death
Cock Sparrer
Curse Mackey
Damned
David Allan Coe
David Bowie
Dead Boys
Dee Dee Ramone
Die Form
Doormouse
Evil Mothers
Exploding Hearts
Fantomas
Fastbacks
Furious George Tabb
Generation X
Genesis P-Orridge
GG Allin
Hank III
Hold Steady
Iggy Pop
Jabbers
Jared Louche
Jayne County
Jeff Dahl
Joan Jett
John Zorn
Johnny Cash
Johnny Thunders
Kevorkian Death Cycle
Kills
Kurt Bloch
Ladytron
Laibach
Lou Reed
Mark D
Meg Lee Chin
Melvins
Mike Patton
Misfits
Mister Scoops
Morphine
Murder Junkies
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Nashville Pussy
New York Dolls
Nick Cave
Nine Pound Hammer
Ohgr
Otto Von Schirach
Peelander-Z
Pig
PIGFACE
Psychic TV
Queers
Ramones
Reverend Vince Anderson
Richard Hell
River City Rebels
Rocket From the Tombs
Samhain
Scott H. Biram
Sheep on Drugs
Shell
Sister Machine Gun
Skinny Puppy
Slick Idiot
Social Distortion
Sow
Stiv Bators
T Rex
Television
Thee Majesty
Throbbing Gristle
Thrones
Unscared Hearts
Velvet Underground
Venetian Snares
Virgin Prunes
Voltaire
Waldos
Youth Gone Mad
(..this list is made up of some music I listen to in alphabetical order...yupp.)

Movies:

(directors) David Lynch, Gaspar Noe, Wong Kar Wai. (films) The Secretary, Love Me If You Dare, Love Object.

Television:

Twin Peaks, Home Movies

Books:

Clive Barker, Warren Ellis, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Augusten Burroughs, Neil Gaiman, Edger Allan Poe, Poppy Z Brite, Edward Gorey, Musician/Artist/Serial Killer Biographies, Religion/Philosophy, Art Survey & Retrospective

Heroes:

Genesis P-Orridge, Jack Kevorkian, Nick Cave, Howard Zinn, zeitgeistmovie.com

My Blog

UNTITLED SHOW and NEW SHIRT DESIGN!

This is it folks - I was going to write up a whole thing about how important this event is for the Reading area&  This is something put together by a local artist (Jay from MHM) who looked a...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Sat, 24 May 2008 09:30:00 PST

READING, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! 5.10.8

WARNING THE FOLLOWING IS AN MD RANT: I moved to Reading about a year and a half ago and since day one all I have heard from 99% of the people here is a bunch of bitching and moaning that "nothing g...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:15:00 PST

Lancaster PRFM + UNTITLED SHOW in May!

May is here and I have 3 weekends in a row with events that you should take time out to can come visit with me, buy stuff, see me create, buy me drinks, bring me gifts, and worship. OR at the very lea...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Thu, 08 May 2008 07:21:00 PST

FROCK GRAND OPENING! (new MD shirt designs!) 4.8.8

FROCK GRAND OPENING + FASHION EVENT   FROCK (602 Penn Ave. West Reading, PA) is reborn in its new location, proudly offering original fashions by Susan Golembiski, Tea Street Vintage, Gina ...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:03:00 PST

Hatchlings Hatchlings Hatchlings! 3.23.8

  NEW "HATCHLINGS" ALBUM I just put up a new album of pics, "Hatchlings", which is filled with Hatchling art.  I will add to this section frequently. I have been creating art contain...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:39:00 PST

Ryan Hunter + Sarah Edmonds at Freedom Gallery! 2.26.8

Come out and show your support at the second opening and very 1st First Friday event at the Freedom Gallery! Come out and see the amazing works of RYAN HUNTER and SARAH EDMONDS. I hope t...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:38:00 PST

SAVE GEORGE TABB shirt 2.8.8

I don't support many things and if you really want to hear me rant and rave then you can take me out for a drink or read my up coming comic. So here's the deal  SAVE GEORGE TABB. Support the TRUTH! ...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:27:00 PST

SOCK MONKEY JUNKIE 2.5.8

I am busy recollecting myself and getting some new projects moving.  I will blog about more happenings soon, promise. As many of you know my wife and I create sock monkeys (SOCK MONKEY JUNKIE) a...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:33:00 PST

Readings Punk Rock Flea Markket, BUY HOLIDAY GIFTS! 12.8.7

READING'S 2nd PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET!   Drop by and load up on unique holiday gifts or just treat yourself!  The Silo will be packed with vendors (we even had to make a waiting list because ...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:28:00 PST

MD and MARK MAY show at FREEDOM GALLERY dec 7th! 12.6.7

Okay cretins - here we go!  1st - yes, I am still alive, sometimes. ART OPENING!! FRIDAY DECEMBER 7th at FREEDOM GALLERY! That's right, come out and attend the very 1st opening at Freedom Galle...
Posted by Matt Deterior on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:52:00 PST