Servants of the Dry Facade, Delft Blue, 2025

The masks by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy are made of ceramic stoneware and are presented on the wall. The form is composed of functional elements which are thrown on the wheel by the artist, they are assembled and manipulated during the drying process, they are then bisqued, glazed and fired. <br />The masks, comprised of utilitarian forms such as inverted bowls or cups which are then assembled into a conglomerate form of a face. These sculptures by Matthew Lutz-Kinoy present a play between the decorative, architectural and functional; made tactile with their theatrical sense of touch. Their expressive features insist on an affected materialist reality. <br />We see a cycle of transformation in the masks of Lutz-Kinoy, from the physicality of production on the ceramic wheel to the hardening and shrinking of the clay when it is fired in the kiln. The faces produce a representation of movement through time. This cyclical rendering amassed inside of these natural materials places the idea of duration centrally to this work.<br />The possibility to see oneself reflected inside natural materials is endlessly fascinating. This displacement or anthropomorphic mirroring connects us to the materials and nature that surrounds us in our shared time on earth.