RLRR in Blue - Framed

Matthew Shlian 

"RLRR in Blue" 

Shlian began his academic career focused on ceramics, but soon realized he wasn’t just interested in ceramics. He was interested in everything. He soon found he loved the immediacy of paper as his medium. An advisor gifted him a pop-up book and after some investigation into their mechanics, his style took off. The artist says his starting point for each piece is curiosity. He goes on to say that he must finish a work to understand it, and that the end result is a surprise.

Iridescent Blue paper radiates the triangular forms that make up RLRR. This study in modular design examines rhythmic order as patterns emerge from the triangular shapes. Working within a monochromatic palette and utilizing only two size forms, RLRR reveals how language is built from combinations of rudimentary shapes.