PAINTING
ESSAY: MATHEW ZEFELDT: PLAY-TO-PAINT IN LOS SANTOS (PART ONE OF TWO) [EXCERPT]
Mathew Zefeldt’s paintings arise from an unusual kind of studio: the open world of Grand Theft Auto V. The artist uses the fictional state of San Andreas as a mobile image-bank, roaming the environment with an avatar modelled on himself and waiting for “poetic moments” to appear: spectacular crashes,