Matthew Ritchie’s artistic mission has been no less ambitious than an attempt to represent the entire universe and the structures of knowledge and belief that we use to understand and visualize it. The artist’s paintings, installations, and narrative threads delineate the universe’s formation as well as the attempts and limits of human consciousness to comprehend its vastness. Although often described as a painter, Ritchie creates works on paper, prints, light-box drawings, floor-to-wall installations, freestanding sculpture, websites, and short stories, which tie his sprawling works together into a narrative structure.

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Architect Benjamin Aranda

Matthew Ritchie

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Architect Benjamin Aranda

Matthew Ritchie

10/2/2008

"The Morning Line"

Matthew Ritchie

2:08
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"The Morning Line"

Matthew Ritchie

9/4/2008

Apocalypse

Matthew Ritchie

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Apocalypse

Matthew Ritchie

8/21/2008

Structures

54:10

9/30/2005

Matthew Ritchie in "Structures"

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9/30/2005