Pre-Pandemic

Uprooted, 2020
Oil on canvas, 48"x 24"

Organized Growth, 2018
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.

Pests, 2018
Oil on canvas, 22 in. x 30 in.

Fictional Creatures, 2017
Oil on canvas, 60 in. x 64 in.

Pigeons and Hipsters, 2016
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.

End Game Loot for the Juncos, 2015
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.

Crashing, 2018
Oil on canvas, 48"x 32" in.

Grebes, Humans and Trash
at the San Diego River, 2018
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 46 in.

Teenage Wasteland, 2018
Oil on canvas, 23 in. x 23 in.

Off the Plane, 2017
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.

Wires and Vines, 2015
Oil on linen, 24 in. x 36 in.

Year One, 2015
Oil on canvas, 48 in. x 60 in.

Party Animals, 2018
Oil on canvas, 50 in. x 48 in.

Broken Fountain, 2017
Oil on canvas, 36 in. x 52 in.

Bird Watching, 2015
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.

Ode to Caravaggio, 2015
Oil on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in.

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Matthew Bacher uses methods of painting and performance to consider relationships between humans, nature, and technology. Works contain large gestural brushstrokes of fully saturated color. The color palette and saturation are reminiscent of colors used by the Fauvists. Bacher’s work also has aesthetic ties to German Expressionism, which emphasizes distortion and abstraction to convey emotion. The effect is a dynamic and theatrical staging of characters within immersive environments. In Bacher’s work the canvas acts as a framed space for energetic competition. This competition parallels that which can be witnessed in nature. The works are created as ecosystems where bits of information compete, where refined and subtle shapes get covered over by larger blocks of color. The work is situated in the representative and historic playing with ideological romanticising of nature and it's simultaneous fetishism.