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Six paintings from Matthew Brannon\u2019s \u201cSkirting the Issue<\/a>,\u201d an exhibition at Casey Kaplan Gallery through October 24. In this series, Brannon uses traditional printmaking methods\u2014letterpress, silkscreening\u2014to depict the domestic and cultural trappings of America during\u00a0the Vietnam War, when he was born: \u201cI had entered a world battered from events that left the country\u2019s identity in jeopardy,\u201d he writes, \u201cand Luce\u2019s concept of the American Century shattered.\u201d Brannon\u2019s work is consumed with the question of \u201chow America is its own worst enemy.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Matthew Brannon, Bad Check<\/i>, 2015, 59″ x 42″.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dominoes<\/i>, 2015, letterpress and\u00a0serigraph on paper with hand painting, 24″ x 18\u201d.<\/p><\/div>

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Ready or Not<\/i>, 2015, letterpress and serigraph on paper with hand painting, 24 x 18\u201d.<\/p><\/div>

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Dispatches<\/i>, 2015, letterpress and\u00a0serigraph on paper with hand painting, 24 x 18\u201d.<\/p><\/div>

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Safety in Numbers<\/i>, 2015, silk screen on paper with hand painting, 55″ x 42″.<\/p><\/div>

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Camelot<\/i>, 2015, silk screen on paper with hand painting, 59″ x 42″.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six paintings from Matthew Brannon\u2019s \u201cSkirting the Issue,\u201d an exhibition at Casey Kaplan Gallery through October 24. 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