Stochastic - Framed

Matthew Shlian 

"Stochastic" 

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.

Large sheets of paper are covered in an ink-wash solution then precision cut and hand assembled to create Stochastic. Each unique piece features 35 raised pyramid forms configured in an atonal palette. Composed of acid free/ archival papers, glue and inks, Stochastic is a meditation on light, shadow, pattern and repetition.

12 x 12 x 5/8 inches

Presented in a 12.75 x 12.75 x 3 inch black shadow box frame