Matthew Rose

Matthew Rose, an American artist based in Paris, spells with scissors.

His installations, massive 1000-piece wall-to-wall displays of individual collage works reinvent the process of reading. His exhibitions 'Spelling With Scissors' and 'The Whole Truth' brought together the artist's immense visual and textural vocabulary in what several critics cited as a dadaist exploration of sense and nonsense. Surrealism moves into the 21st century with Rose's collages, text works, needlepoints and altered objects and books.

His works are secrets wrapped in riddles that are visually open and often French-fried.

To visit Matthew's website click here.

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  1. Photo of You -- > Me
    You -- > Me
    You -- > Me is Matthew Rose's newest print from Paris, designed after a 1999 collage by the artist. After more than two years of glorious giclee printed...
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  2. Photo of Les Affaires
    Les Affaires
    'Les Affaires' is a stunning new limited edition print from Paris based American artist Matthew Rose. This large work is packed full of detail, we found...
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  3. Photo of A Strange Meeting
    A Strange Meeting
    'A Strange Metting' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew...
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  4. Photo of Cheer Up, John
    Cheer Up, John
    'Cheer up, John' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew...
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  5. Photo of Get Out Of The Way
    Get Out Of The Way
    'Get Out Of The Way' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist...
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  6. Photo of Hello
    Hello
    'Hello' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew Rose....
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  7. Photo of How To Join
    How To Join
    'How To Join' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew...
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  8. Photo of Meanwhile
    Meanwhile
    'Meanwhile' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew Rose....
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  9. Photo of Never Mind Daddy
    Never Mind Daddy
    'Never Mind, Daddy' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew...
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  10. Photo of Not Looking
    Not Looking
    'When Her Husband Was Not Looking' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American...
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  11. Photo of Oh Dear
    Oh Dear
    'Oh Dear' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew Rose....
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  12. Photo of Outing
    Outing
    'Outing' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew Rose....
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  13. Photo of Swimming
    Swimming
    'Swimming' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American artist Matthew Rose....
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  14. Photo of Very Hard To Be
    Very Hard To Be
    'But It Was Very Hard To Be' is just one of 12 new collage works in this slightly dangerous, oftentimes sexy and bird-in-hand deadpan series by American...
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  15. Photo of Immaculate Perception
    Immaculate Perception
    Surrealism, asserted André Breton, was above all "a revolutionary movement."  And that movement, both visual and literary, was largely identified...
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  16. Photo of Rubens Rounding Third
    Rubens Rounding Third
    Matthew Rose takes a swing at the art of baseball in his prize-winning art stamp sheet, Rubens Rounding Third. Printed on gummed paper and perforated, the stamp...
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  17. Photo of End of the World
    End of the World
    THE END OF THE WORLD (REALLY BUILT TO LAST) is Paris-based artist Matthew Rose's latest surreal fantasy about the fragility of world we live in and the end...
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  18. Photo of Wet Aint
    Wet Aint
    These 'Wet Aint' (Little Rose) stamp sheets, were produced in France in 1995 from an original Matthew Rose collage. The sheets, printed on gummed paper...
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  19. Photo of Sparkasse
    Sparkasse
    'Sparkasse' means "savings bank" in German. Based on a collage first exhibited in Berlin at Galerie Rossella Junck, Sparkasse opens up a narrative...
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  20. Photo of Whirlaway
    Whirlaway
    Whirlaway, 2007, is one of the more complex of Matthew Rose's collage works from the A Kick in the Kunst series. The name, a feature from a mid-century Oldsmobile,...
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  21. Photo of Haushalten
    Haushalten
    Haushalten is German for keeping house, and in this piece, the house is not what it seems to be: constructed of 1950s advertising, the woman of the house shows...
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  22. Photo of Wahsoh
    Wahsoh
    This print is typical of Matthew Rose's increasingly mad world. 'Wahsoh' has been taken from part of an original collage exhibited in "Herzschmerz"...
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  23. Photo of Mittwoch
    Mittwoch
    Mittwoch, 2007, is German for 'Wednesday,' (literally middle of the week) and artist Matthew Rose's puppet-master/puppet collage. Part of the A Kick...
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  24. Photo of Days Like These
    Days Like These
    These prints are typical of Matthew's works, lifting elements from one source and layering it with another.Largely influenced by Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns,...
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  25. Photo of Immaculate Perception
    Immaculate Perception
    These prints are typical of Matthew's works, lifting elements from one source and layering it with another.Largely influenced by Joseph Cornell, Jasper Johns,...
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