Leonel matheu biography of rory
He studied and taught in imperial St Petersburg and exhibited widely, gaining recognition outside the Russian Empire..
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The not-so-innocent world of Leonel Matheu
“Democracy” by Leonel Matheu at the Frost Museum.
The imagery of Leonel Matheu is intentionally child-like in its figurative depictions, colorful, with cartoonish characters and scenery that could have popped out from a children’s book.
But not quite.
Those domed bald heads and teddy bear people, the flying saucers, the simple stars and moons are reflecting not a fairy-tale world, but a darker one, one where all the bits and pieces that make up our world – the natural and manmade, and of course the human elements – are trying to find a place to fit in.
Which is why Matheu’s first major museum survey at the Frost Art Museum is called “Crossroads of the Dystopia.” Dystopia is the opposite of utopia. It also references the world that he knows, that of the diasporas of people who have been displaced from their homes of origin.
The diaspora in dystopia.
“Lazy Eyes” by Matheu.
Born in Hava