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Thursday 15 December 2022

AUREL BAUH: EYE LENS is here!

 


A noir exploration of architecture, eros, tragedy, absurdity and beauty.



A fractured modernist memory narrative, eluding genocide and oppression by a hair's breadth.




Based on the pictures of brilliant photographer Aurel Bauh (born 1900 Bucharest, died 1964 Paris) who died unexpectedly and left his masterful, moody and avantgarde photos spread across Romania, France, Germany and Israel. He only published one book during his lifetime – “Bucharest”, a restrained and lyrical ode to the city of his birth less than two decades after WWII, released under the communist regime a few years before his death.



My new book features brush and ink drawings and text inspired by Aurel Bauh’s architectural shots, portraits, landscapes, folkloric reportage and nudes.

Available as both hard copy and eBook on Amazon!

Or, if you’d like a signed copy, please contact me and let me know!

Thursday 27 October 2022

New book coming soon - AUREL BAUH: EYE LENS

Starting next week, I’ll be posting from my new book – AUREL BAUH: EYE LENS, based on the pictures of brilliant photographer Aurel Bauh (born 1900 Bucharest, died 1964 Paris) who died unexpectedly and left his masterful, moody and avantgarde photos spread across Romania, France, Germany and Israel. He only published one book during his lifetime – “Bucharest”, a restrained and lyrical ode to the city of his birth less than two decades after WWII, released under the communist regime a few years before his death. My new book features brush and ink drawings and text inspired by Aurel Bauh’s architectural shots, portraits, landscapes, folkloric reportage and nudes. Only in the Instagram posts, I will also post the photos which inspired me.

Friday 15 July 2022

Matthew Brown Book Sale!

MATTHEW BROWN BOOK SALE! 


Original edition hard copies of ORNETTE SPEAKS, ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, THE CLIFF, WHAT IS MEDITATION?, ROTHKO and DOESBURG available for very reasonable prices. Signed! Free rarity included with every purchase! Treat yourself to homecooked quests in comics form from a Toronto-born, world-traveled writer/artist with an uncompromising vision and a cute penguin. Message me if interested! Email: teacherintherye@hotmail.com



ORNETTE SPEAKS: Adapting the avantgarde saxophone genius's spoken words into a kaleidoscopic comics blowout. 


ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT: Lambastes the architectural education process, showcases the end of the world and the origin of the bagel. 



THE CLIFF: Epic story of Mutt Blue's estrangement from his home kingdom, descent into a mysterious world of lovers, friends and enemies, apprenticeship to detective Poopsie the Penguin and solution of a murder in Varanasi. 



WHAT IS MEDITATION? Chronicles the author's life before, during and after learning meditation and self-healing techniques. Runs through brief quirky bios of Buddha, Lao Tzu, modern masters and interviews two living meditation teachers in comics form. 



ROTHKO: A comic strip a-la-Peanuts about the depressive genius whose luminous "colour square" paintings emit the divine... but do they rescue us from melancholy? Plus some funny bits. 

Tuesday 22 March 2022

on:LINE Magazine Comics Anthology #2 is here!

Very excited to see the second issue of on:LINE Magazine come out, edited by Naomi Reid and Adam Reich and published by Ambient Zero Publications!  


Featuring hot new work by poetic, surreal, experimental, confessional, underground, hilarious, heartrending and talented comic book artists Naomi Reid, Adam Reich, Sandra Mizumoto Posey, Dr. Minzz, Vince Mancuso, Jennifer Herbert, Charles Hackbarth, Claudio Ghirardo and Matthew Brown! DOWNLOAD FOR FREE.




Thursday 10 March 2022

DOESBURG is here!

 


I’m very happy to announce that my new book DOESBURG is now available as hard copy or eBook via Amazon Kindle. Or if you would like a personal signed copy, please let me know! 

My email address is teacherintherye@hotmail.com



Exploring the painting, design and architecture of Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931), founder of the modernist De Stijl movement – using the artist’s explosive words and images in a surreal comics documentary format – Matthew Brown continues the fragmentary, poetic graphic novel style he pioneered in ORNETTE SPEAKS, ROTHKO and WHAT IS MEDITATION 






Also containing forays into human anatomy and remembered song lyrics from Joy Division, The Beatles, Billie Holliday and David Bowie, plus a remarkable assortment of icons and oddities.