Matt Lambert - Capture

About

No Walls present the fourth exhibition in their Brighton space with the new solo exhibition from talented young Brighton artist, Matt Lambert. Lambert's work is predominantly driven by his own experiences. At 23 and using his spare time he set up Passing It On, a charity that has since built three educational facilities in Africa. This experience has had a huge influence on his work. Captured brings together a collection of paintings on canvas, board and magazine cover. Sweeping loose marks combine with areas of fine detail, resulting in surfaces that are as rich and varied as the subject matter with influences spanning African culture, the cult of celebrity, childhood memories, cinema, cultural symbols, urban landscapes, logos and superheroes. Lambert says, "The privilege of witnessing first hand both the day to day concerns of the third world and western cultures are one that I never take for granted. Excess and greed is present in both extremes but so is hope and kindness. Morality aside, the cultural disparities are huge and this is what drives my ideas. My work is not a charity campaign, it's far too self-indulgent to be that. It is much more a curious exploration into where we find fulfillment and the meeting of different value systems."