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Matt the Painter

It's not where you go when you die, it's how you live when you're alive

About Me


“A self-taught artist, Matt Bray works according to the Remodernist Manifesto written in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thompson. He likes to invoke a sense of classicism and modernity in his work by re-using existing objects.”
[‘Made In Medway’ published autumn 2007]
“It’s a rare thing these days to find work that has any real content over form and style. People make all too much of originality and forsake authenticity. I think Matt Bray’s work is a sure Triumph of this.”
[Pete Molinari – singer/song writer]
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“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual – become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.
It is in the nature of all people to have these experiences; but in our time and under the conditions of our lives, it is only a rare few who are able to continue in the experience and find expression for it.
At such times there is a song going on within us, a song to which we listen. It fills us with surprise. We marvel at it. We would continue to hear it. But few are capable of holding themselves in the state of listening to their own song. Intellectuality steps in and as the song within us is of the utmost sensitiveness, it retires in the presence of the cold, material intellect. It is aristocratic and will not associate itself with the commonplace – and we fall back and become our ordinary selves. Yet we live in the memory of these songs which in moments of intellectual inadvertence have been possible to us. They are the pinnacles of our experience and it is the desire to express these intimate sensations, this song from within, which motivates the masters of all art.”
[Robert Henri]
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My Interests

Professional Profile "It's a rare thing these days to find work that has any real content over form and style. People make all too much of originality and forsake authenticity.
I think Matt Bray's work is a sure Triumph of this."

Pete Molinari

PAINTING

= One of 20 artists featured in book 'Made in Medway' published Oct 07

= Painted the stage for Anti-Racism Festival @ Command House, Chatham 2007 - featured on Sunlight FM

= Live Painting on Palolem Beach 2006 - launch artist for The Getaway Beach Resort

= Two paintings commissioned for music video for Mooli(shown on MTV worldwide and featured online)

= Cover artist for Mung Being magazine - the FREEDOM issue. PEACE!!

= Accepted as one of five artists to be sent to Egypt for public art project (2006)

= Sold work internationally (since 1998)

= Exhibited in solo & group shows in Medway & Maidstone (2001-2006)

PHOTOGRAPHY

= Nikinis 2006 Beachwear Shoot for Elle Magazine New York

= Official Photographer for award winning community art project: ‘Chatham Vines’ including 180 page book of my photos (2005-2006)

= Contributed photographs for council commissioned film: ‘Portrait in Time’ (2004)

= Contributed photographs for book ‘The 1st Medway Independent Arts Festival’ - Urban Fox Press (2005)

I'd like to meet:

Everyone with an open heart :-)

you can also find me here:

www.youtube.com/remodernist
www.redbubble.com/people/remodernist
www.lulu.com/madmonk
mattbray-remodernist.deviantart.com/
www.mungbeing.com/gallery/v/REMODERNIST/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remodernism

Music:

Jairus. Rocking Dolphins. Cake. Babyshambles. The Doors. Leonard Cohen. Arctic Monkeys. Rachmaninov. Mogwai. El Padre. Mooli. Long Weekend. Billy Childish & Sexton Ming. Pete Molinari. "Cold Drawn Tubes" by Everway. "India" by Brother Brian.

Movies:

Waking Life. V for Vendetta. The Matrix. Jacobs Ladder. Phenomenon. The Doors. Powder. Shine. 1984. Billy Childish is Dead.

Television:

Check out Remodernist TV Channel:

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Books:


BRAYS LOSSINDANT
Blending automatic writing and 21st century graphic composition to create a visual language reminiscent of suicide notes and murder ballads. The subject under scrutiny is the contemporary climate of paranoia, fear and conspiracy; The New World Order, Illuminati manuscripts, fear based control systems, and extraterrestrial visitors. The timeline is in the final years of the Kali Yuga, boldly dying in the face of 2012 and the mayan 'end of time'.

Scattered Raingun - Conversations with a psyche
visual poetry from the mind of matt bray

Heroes:

"The world is like a ride at an amusement park. It goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey - don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride...” But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. Jesus - murdered; Martin Luther King - murdered; Malcolm X - murdered; Gandhi - murdered; John Lennon - murdered; Reagan... wounded. But it doesn't matter because: It's just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
Bill Hicks (Legend)
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  • Shambles
  • The Castle as an ...
  • Signs
  • The Prophet
  • Empty Handed Angel
  • Night Yogi
  • The Fourth Incarn...
  • Screamer
  • Beneath the Surface
  • the unacknowledge...
  • Virile Angel with...
  • Lord Radnor's Walk
  • My Blog

    if you need a laugh...

    if you need a laugh...... cheers....matt...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:32:00 PST

    Ring of Power :: thorough NWO 5 hour film

    PART 1: PART 2: peace and love.....MATT BRAYremodernist...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:44:00 PST

    A Message of Hope from Hopi Elders...

    Message of Hope from the Hopi & Maori Elders Posted by msterilinn on Jan 7, 2008 Important Message~by Larry Merculieff I have been asked to give you some messages from the spiritual leaders of t...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:49:00 PST

    My artwork featured in new book: Made in Medway

    this was the painting of mine that they featured... The Castle as an Energy ObjectRochester Castle is the inspiration behind this piece. For me, it is the most iconic landmark of Medway. I have depic...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:24:00 PST

    the Buddha’s message for 2012

    [from http://www.maya12-21-2012.com/truth.html] The Mayan 5th NightThe Mayan 5th "Night" ~ Nov. 19th, 2007 - Nov. 12th, 2008 We are on the verge of the "5th Night" in this current cycle of the Mayan C...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Fri, 09 May 2008 02:24:00 PST

    MOJO award nomination for my friend PETE MOLINARI - please support him

    Pete Molinari has been nominated for a Mojo Honours List 2008 award as BREAKTHROUGH ACT. This is a public vote and we need your help NOW to help him win. Please click HERE to vote and distribute t...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST

    The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga

    The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga The Chakras according to Carl Jung The Psychology of Kundalini YogaThe raising of the dormant coiled serpent power, through individuation and yoga practice, to achie...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:23:00 PST

    Carl Jung and the Portobello Witch

    Portobello notes and Jung’s four stages What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order t...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:35:00 PST

    2012

    2012 On the winter solstice of December 21 2012, the Sun will rise within the dark rift at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, an event that occurs once every 25,800 years. This alignment represents ...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:16:00 PST

    Pages for Lossindant

    here it is   love from matt.x  ...
    Posted by Matt the Painter on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:02:00 PST