Matthew Lawson Garrett is a curator, writer, and artist based in New York.
His current research explores the complex relationship between universals and particulars, examining how universal ideas and collective affect materialize through the minor gestures and common repetitions of everyday life and coalesce into shared political imaginaries.
🔗 mlawsongarrett@gmail.com
🔗 Purple Swamp Taro
co-founder of the curatorial collective and project space datsuijo: (a) place to be naked in Tokyo, Japan
🔗 datsuijo: (a) place to be naked
His current research explores the complex relationship between universals and particulars, examining how universal ideas and collective affect materialize through the minor gestures and common repetitions of everyday life and coalesce into shared political imaginaries.
🔗 mlawsongarrett@gmail.com
🔗 Purple Swamp Taro
co-founder of the curatorial collective and project space datsuijo: (a) place to be naked in Tokyo, Japan
🔗 datsuijo: (a) place to be naked
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The Appearance of Distance
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As Far as I Remember
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SERVICE INTERRUPTION
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The Mountain That Hid
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Hold the Applause
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The Whole World, Watching
The Appearance of Distance
Kobby Adi, Jackie Karuti, Tiffany Sia,
Curated by Matthew Lawson Garrett
Installation view Hessel Museum of Art
As Far as I Remember
Noh Daehyun, Hayeon Heather Kim, Avani Tandon Vieira, Venus Tung-yan Tau, Matthew Lawson Garrett
Digital film, 10’56
SERVICE INTERRUPTION
Sophie Kovel, Gustavo Artigas, Thomas Mader
Co-curated by Matthew Lawson Garrett
Installation view at Space N.N., 2024
The Mountain That Hid
Sim Chi Yin
Curated by Matthew Lawson Garrett
Installation view at datsuijo, 2024
Hold the Applause
Diedrick Brackens, Donna Dennis, Samuel Fosso, Deana Lawson, An-My Lê, Rodney McMillian, Salman Toor, Kara Walker
Co-curated by Matthew Lawson Garrett
Installation view at the Hessel Museum, 2023
