#matt hanner

[artblingee]

Academy Records & Matt Hanner

Whitney Biennial 2014

[publiccollectors]

Two years ago from yesterday, Public Collectors lost a dear friend: Matt Hanner.

Shortly after his completely unexpected death, I borrowed two boxes of Hanner’s ephemera and mailed art from Anthony Elms - a longtime friend of mine and a close friend of Matt’s. Here is an undated drawing by Matt that he had mailed to Anthony.

Matt Hanner’s work took many forms. He made paintings, painted furniture, neon pieces, a truckload of burned CDrs, 35mm slide shows, field recordings, and hundreds of mailed postcards and bits of this and that.

Matt Hanner had a Tumblr blog:  http://matthanner.tumblr.com/. He updated it until one month before his death and it gives an expanded sense of the way he was in the world.

[publiccollectors]

This is part of a continuing series of posts about Matt Hanner who died one year ago today. I’m sharing various things he mailed over the years to his and my friend Anthony Elms. This is the back of an envelope, mailed in 2002, that contained a flyer for Matt's brother Mark's 30th birthday party. The line of text is a Sonic Youth lyric from the song "Hyperstation" off the album Daydream Nation.

[publiccollectors]

This is part of a continuing series of posts about Matt Hanner who died one year ago today. I’m sharing various things he mailed over the years to his and my friend Anthony Elms.

Here is another modified Wolfgang Laib postcard that Matt collaged over using part of a paint color chip. This one is postmarked November 10, 2003.

[ijiot]

rip matt