Matthew Dear (Detroit Portrait series)
Artist
Kurt Novak
(American)
Date2003 - 2005
MediumArchival pigment print on cotton rag paper
DimensionsPaper Size: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Frame Size: 22 1/2 × 26 1/2 in. (57.2 × 67.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Object numberUAC6113
DescriptionInspired by the experimental styles of Brian Eno, David Bowie, and the Talking Heads, Matthew Dear is a man of many talents, many styles, and many aliases. Moving to Michigan as a teenager and becoming exposed to the Detroit techno scene inspired Dear to collaborate with a friend and start their own electronic music record label, Ghostly International, in 1998. Through this label, Dear released his hit single “Hands Up For Detroit” from 1999, co-produced by Disco D, a founder of the Detroit-based genre “ghettotech.” Dear also started Spectral Sound, an offshoot label of Ghostly International that focuses on dancefloor music. In addition to Dear’s multiple label interests, he works under four different aliases, each with their own genre: Audion, False, Jabberjaw, and Matthew Dear. He has released over ten albums collectively, numerous EPs and singles, and has remixed the work of The Postal Service, Hot Chip, The Chemical Brothers, Spoon, The XX, and more. Dear continues to be a musical powerhouse, performing sold-out shows worldwide and collaborating with ambient, electronic, and electropop artists.Collections
