A screen shot of Mattea Perrotta's show 'New Drawings,' an exhibition organized by Et al. in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. (Courtesy Et al.)
New Drawings
an exhibition in Animal Crossing New Horizons
Friday, April 17, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 2020 (PST)
Et al, San Francisco, Ca
Mattea Perrotta's new drawings and rugs are currently on display in Animal Crossing New Horizons. The collection is currently on display online as part of Et al., a gallery directed by Jackie Im, Aaron Harbour, and Kevin Krueger and located in the basement of Union Cleaners in San Francisco's Chinatown. In 2017, Et al. opened its second location, Et al. etc., a gallery in the Mission. This is another example of tangible, concrete art being exhibited and recontextualized in video game spaces.
Mattea Perrotta, The Last Supper, Installation view. Et al. etc., San Francisco
Mattea Perrotta, Untitled (Rug II), 2019, Hand dyed, hand woven wool textile. 87 x 76 x 1 in / 221 x 193 x 2.5 cm
Mattea Perrotta (b. 1990) is a Paris-based artist born and raised in Los Angeles. Perrotta has a BFA from UC Berkeley and studied at the Santa Reparta School of Art in Florence. Her paintings deal with the balance between masculinity and femininity, the unconscious, desire, and the female body. She has had solo and two-person exhibitions at The Landing, Los Angeles; Lamb Arts, London; and MAMA Gallery in Madrid and Mexico City. She has appeared in group exhibitions in Istanbul, London, Melbourne, Lima, São Paolo, Mexico City, and Bogotá and attended residencies in Mallorca, London, Marrakech and Lisbon. Her recent textiles were influenced by her time living in Tahannaout, Morocco, she still frequents the city and it has had an immense impact on her paintings and practice.