One Painting at a Time with Matt Sage

About This Event

Join Colorado-based intermedia artist Matt Sage for a special edition of One Painting at a Time, a program that invites close looking, open-ended dialogue, and personal interpretation. One Painting at a Time challenges us to look beyond our first impressions and spend quality time with a single painting. The program departs from the idea that Clyfford Still intended his artwork to be open to interpretation and did not title his paintings. Each program is unique, with the format and conversation determined by the speaker, who has free rein to choose a painting from the 843 in the Museum’s collection.​ In this session, Sage brings his practice as a “recording artist” into dialogue with Still’s work and archive. Considering a facsimile of a corresponding watercolor copy by Patricia Still alongside the original Clyfford Still painting it references, he explores copying as a form of recording—an echo across time. Sage will discuss Clyfford Still’s PH-1078, 1951, and Patricia Still’s watercolor copy of PH-1078. Sage will provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on what it means to record, repeat, and remember—through paint, through sound, and through the unique stewardship of a collection and archive held in one place. This session invites deep attention, close comparison, active engagement, and imaginative listening as we encounter Still’s work. Expect your sound in the gallery to be recorded and played back! The program is included with Museum admission for the public and free for CSM members; registration is required to attend in person at the Clyfford Still Museum.