FIVE WORLD CHART

Wooden box and printed cards featuring geometric and color block patterns inspired by Mondrian, with a sheet of paper titled 'Five World Chart' by Matt Mullican.

FIVE WORLD CHART X MATT MULLICAN

artist: Matt Mullican

craft: Viùva Lamego in Sintra, Portugal

In collaboration with: Mai 36 Galerie Zürich

Display of framed geometric art pieces, a wooden box labeled 'Matt Mullican' with a matching booklet, and informational sheets on a white surface, with a blue flower arrangement on the right.

This edition by Matt Mullican is a suite of six multiple-colored traditionally processed and hand-painted terra-cotta tiles, produced by Viùva Lamego in Sintra, Portugal, housed in a wooden box.

6 tiles, each tile 14 x 14 cm

Edition of 32, each labelled and numbered with certificate

Mullican’s work on cosmological charts and cities revolves around a system of systematically turning cities into abstract patterns. The charts became grids, in which coloured squares, rectangles, and semi-circles from the charts could be arranged in any order. The ensuing world can hence revolve around one of the five worlds, either around elements, the arts, language or the subjective.

In this edition of six ceramic tiles, each tile depicts a piece of the grid from the charts. The six tiles can be arranged in any given way and thus allow for a wide array of combinations.

Colorful geometric stained glass-style tiles arranged on a white surface with a blue flower partially visible in the top right corner.
Abstract geometric artwork with a large red semi-circle at the top, a yellow rectangle at the bottom, and black lines connecting the shapes, framed in black.
Black geometric wall art with various straight lines and semicircles, framed and mounted on a white wall.
Colorful stained glass art featuring a blue background, a yellow window, green arch, and black outlining.
Black metal grid in a square shape with geometric patterns on a white background.
A framed abstract geometric painting with black lines forming various shapes, filled with white, yellow, and blue colors.
Abstract wall art with a black geometric pattern on a white background.
Modern art gallery with white walls, concrete ceiling, and minimalist wooden table with six matching chairs. Features colorful and geometric art pieces on the walls.

MATT MULLICAN

Matt Mullican studied at CalArts in Los Angeles and is considered a member of the “Pictures Generation”.

Since the 1970s, American artist Matt Mullican has been interested in models for explaining the world. His work oscillates between various antagonisms, reality and fiction, subject and object, the conscious and the unconscious.

He has had many institutional exhibitions and his work is found in numerous international public and private collections, notably the MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), Haus der Kunst (Munich), and the Centre Pompidou (Paris).

Stacks of unfinished ceramic tiles on metal carts in a warehouse or factory, with large rounded vents or ducts on the ceiling.

VIÚVA LAMEGO

The ceramic tiles for the Matt Mullican editions were produced by the historic tile factory "Viúva Lamego", in Sintra, Portugal. Each tile is painted individually by hand, making each piece unique. The tiles are made from local clay which is sourced from their own quarry located in the surrounding area of the factory. The production of the tiles follows a traditional process, where the clay is first mechanically extruded, then cut, glazed and fired, to be then hand-painted by the experienced ceramic painters at Viúva Lamego, to be then fired a second time.