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Matt HigginsTectonic Heat, Contemporary Abstract Painting2025
2025
$6,500
£4,954.41
€5,714.40
CA$9,231.94
A$9,920.69
CHF 5,323.03
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NOK 66,931.18
SEK 61,141.20
DKK 42,707.15
About the Item
Tectonic Heat is built through a slow process of layering and revision over the course of several months. The surface developed through repeated applications of paint, removal, and reworking, allowing earlier decisions to remain visible beneath later ones.
At the final stage, paint was poured across the surface, introducing gravity and chance into an otherwise deliberate process. That moment brought the accumulated layers into contact with one another, compressing color and material into a single field.
The work reflects sustained attention to weight, buildup, and time. Rather than resolving toward a fixed image, the painting holds the record of its making and the forces that shaped it.
Matt Higgins b. 1987 is both an artist and an art professor based in Philadelphia, PA. He engages in a consistent studio practice, with a primary focus on painting across various bodies of work. He received his BFA from West Chester University in 2011 and his MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2017. As well as maintaining a regular studio practice, he is a professor of art and design. His art is included in numerous private collections and has been featured in a diverse range of interior design projects, spanning residential properties, corporations, and hotels. Both his home and studio are located in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, where he lives with his growing family.
- Creator:Matt Higgins (1987, Irish, Polish)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 40 in (101.6 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1925217431292
Matt Higgins is an artist and art professor who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pa. He received his MFA from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and BFA from West Chester University. His work is included in numerous private and public collections throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. His various bodies of work focus on themes of abstraction, the landscape and text based paintings. His work can be viewed as a constant progression, as well as a cycle from one body of work to the next. He often times returns to existing themes or motifs with a fresh outlook after departing for periods of time. Growth and learning is a significant part of the artists practice and this continued openness and exploration is what keeps his work fresh and original from one body of work to the next, never settling for predictability or the mundane.
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