Max Wright – Bio/Statement

Some materials have a way of recording parts of their history in the marks and traces that scar their surfaces. Scratches on metal suggest some previous action, intentional, violent, or otherwise. Paint has a way of announcing things that are below it in the way it is absorbed and dries on varying surfaces. I believe that these irregularities behave as a language that extends beyond the materials themselves; it is a language of non-existence, of things that are no longer present. My art explores this language; it relies on the invisible history evoked by the subtle wear of matter.

Max Wright is a Canadian artist, born in Mississauga, Ontario in 1979, and who is currently based in both Montreal and Toronto. He completed his BFA at Queen’s University in 2002, and has since developed and exhibited his work professionally, focusing his practice primarily on photo-based mixed media, and branching recently into stand-alone photographic projects. Max’s work is held in private collections internationally.

Max Wright – A Surface Memory

Max Wright – A Surface Memory
Mixed: Photography, oil, paper on wood panel – 2009
48″ x 21″
$1500

Max Wright – Digital Fog 2

Max Wright – Digital Fog 2
Mixed: Photography, oil, paper on wood panel – 2009
12″ x 12″
$400

Max Wright – Interval 1

Max Wright – Interval 1
Mixed: Photography, oil, paper on wood panel – 2009
54″ x 18″
$1500

Max Wright – Vestigial Limbs 1

Max Wright – Vestigial Limbs 1
Mixed: Photography, oil, acrylic, zinc and aluminum plates on wood panel – 2008
48″ x 21″
$1500

Max Wright – Vestigial Limbs 5

Max Wright – Vestigial Limbs 5
Mixed: Photography, oil, acrylic, zinc plates, paper, sandpaper on wood panel – 2008
48″ x 36″
$2500

Max Wright – Carapace 2

Max Wright – Carapace 2
Mixed: Photography, oil, paper on wood panel – 2009
36″ x 16″
$950

Max Wright – Carapace 3

Max Wright – Carapace 3
Mixed: Photography, oil, zinc plate, paper on wood panel – 2009
54″ x 18″
$1500

Max Wright – Conscious Failure 2x

Max Wright – Conscious Failure 2x
Mixed: Photography, oil, acrylic, aluminum plates, paper, on wood panel – 2009
48″ x 24″
$1700

Max Wright – Carapace 4

Max Wright – Carapace 4
Mixed: Photography, oil, acrylic, zinc plates, paper, on wood panel – 2009
24″ x 24″
$950

Max Wright – Carapace 6

Max Wright – Carapace 6
Mixed: Photography, oil, zinc plates, paper, on wood panel – 2009
36″ x 12″
$800

Max Wright – B, Continuous From A

Max Wright – B, Continuous From A
Mixed: Photography, oil, zinc plates, paper on wood panel – 2009
48″ x 16″
$1200

Max Wright – Carapace 1

Max Wright – Carapace 1
Mixed: Photography, oil, acrylic, paper on wood panel – 2009
48″ x 21″
$1500