Matt Eich will exhibit and host a book signing at the Atlanta Center for Photography. We, the Free is the final chapter in a four-part study, The Invisible Yoke. The work was made over the course of 15 years, as the artist came of age, while the American superpower began a precipitous decline.
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Matt Eich in the Permanent Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Congratulations to Matt Eich whose work is now in the permanent collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, a meaningful marker for an artist who earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio University. Yet under 40 years old, Matt Eich, is approaching 20 years of making photographs; the nuance of his practice is reaching new stride.
Read moreMatt Eich in FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art
Installation view of Matt Eich and Tyler Mitchell: Sunlight, Shadow, and A Rainbow at the Cleveland Museum of Art, July 16 to November 6, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
We are proud to share news that Matt Eich has been selected for inclusion in FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art 2022. Eich’s work has been curated into a 2-man show with Tyler Mitchell by Barbara Tannenbaum for The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Read moreMatt Eich : Photography Now at the Center for Photography at Woodstock
We are pleased to share news that Matt Eich was selected for inclusion in Photography Now 2020 at the Center for Photography at Woodstock by Andy Adams, who selected work from Eich’s Say Hello to Everybody, OK? (The Invisible Yoke : Vol. IV) a long-form photographic essay that attempts to condense the chaos of America into a controlled context of a historical document and a statement of personal concern.
Read moreA City Near You: Matt Eich in THE FENCE
Congratulations to Matt Eich, whose Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town was selected for inclusion in the multi-city initiative THE FENCE. One of the largest traveling photography exhibitions in North America, THE FENCE has stops in eight cities : Atlanta, Brooklyn, Boston, Calgary, Denver, Houston, Seattle, and Sarasota.
Read moreMatt Eich in the New Yorker
This foreshadows the mission of the greater oeuvre, and renders each chapter (there will be four) more potent and contextual. This is the American condition and the country we share: “A common aspect of the experience of poverty in America, Eich’s two books suggest, is the role of family and community as sources of hope.”
Read moreReview: Matt Eich in Photograph Magazine
As a storyteller, Eich has tight command of setting, character, and composition, and openness otherwise, as to how these lives in this particular place play out. His work is earnest and avoids any kind of sociological overdetermination. If Eich has an agenda, it’s an irrefutable one – to gently stretch our capacity for empathy. - Leah Ollman
Read moreOne Last Look: 2018 in Review
Our Artists had a banner year: Ian van Coller was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his ongoing work Naturalists of the Long Now, Matt Eich released the second volume of The Invisible Yoke: Sin & Salvation in Baptist Town, Jennifer Greenburg exhibited Revising History in Italy, and Paul Turounet’s Estamos Buscando A was included in the 5th Transborder Biennale, which occurred simultaneously in El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) and the Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez.
Read more"Days Before/Days After" Book with Work by Matt Eich to Release at AIPAD
Another book featuring the work of represented artist, Matt Eich is now available for pre-order. This book includes work by Matt Eich and Jared Soares, was published by Zatara Press, and will release in their booth at The Photography Show by AIPAD.
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