Word: stockroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...avoid the Coop. Gregory Nagy, Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature, says that he decided this year to put more than half of the reading for the popular Literature and Arts C-14, "The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization," into a sourcebook available in the Science Center stockroom...
Jared A. Silverman, a first year graduate student who had never been to the stockroom before, noticed "16+5" as he waited to purchase a printer ribbon. "I like the geometry of the paintings but I find the color scheme disturbing. The dark--is that black or purple?--is very disturbing. I would have hung the blue and orange one here instead," he says...
Although their derivation is not always obvious, Matthews has titles for most of the nonrepresentatioal works he does. "Some people don't see the titles in the works but they are there. The titles like the works themselves are variations on a theme. Another canvas immediately visible in the stockroom is a 36x36 inch work of muted blue, green, red and jet black. Housed in the square pattern are 16 fish. Some of the squares are divided into triangles, circles serve as eyes. The simple shapes form a complex pattern. One must look carefully for all the fish...
...Science Center stockroom has attracted student artists and scholars interested in Matthews' work. "We talk about art theory, art history, things like that. Once," he recalls, "a geology professor brought his class down to see my work when they were studying crystal structures...
Besides hanging his work in the stockroom, forthe past few years Matthews has had a show eachspring in Ticknor Lounge. During the summer monthshe travels with open air art shows. "I do at leasta dozen shows a season," the Dorchester residentadds. Responsibilities to his wife and two sonshave kept Matthews a full-time employee of theUniversity. "My family comes first. If it werejust me I'd be all over the world, but I have tosupport them, they come first," the Dorchesterresident says...