Matthew Casteel

Big John’s Truck

Second Sunday in May

broken trees

Der US-amerikanische Fotograf M L Casteel jobbte eine Zeitlang beim Parkservice eines Krankenhauses für Veteranen. Seine Aufgabe bestand darin, die Autos der Patient:innen ein- und auszuparken. Täglich saß er in vermüllten, verwahrlosten Fahrzeugen, in denen manche Fahrer:innen sogar wohnten, und die deren innere Zerrüttung spiegelten. Von den Sitzen aus fotografierte Casteel seine Serie „American Interios“. Eine packende, aufrüttelnde und gleichzeitig einfühlsame Arbeit über die Seelenzustände traumatisierter Soldat:innen, die das amerikanische System nicht ausreichend aufzufangen vermag. „American Interiors“ ist Teil der neuen Gruppen-Ausstellung HOME AGAIN. Migration | Zuhause | Erinnerung und noch bis zum 12. Januar 2025 bei uns zu sehen. Die nächste & letzte Führung findet am am Donnerstag, 19.12.24, um 18 Uhr statt. Anmeldung ➡️ Link in der Bio. @mlcasteel

Absolutely thrilled to be part of this incredible show. Huge thanks to @stadthaus_ulm and to @frau.heller and @oliverkrebss for the opportunity! 🙏🙏🙏

Been a while since I posted any new pictures. Here’s some apples 🍎

Uncle Mike

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Tree burning despite the rain

New birds

Curious to know more about my series AMERICAN INTERIORS? Join me this evening at 5PM Pacific time on zoom via @blueskygallerypdx to get a peek behind the curtain! 🪄

🚨Attention Portland/West Coast friends 🚨 Work from my project “American Interiors” is now showing at the fabulous Blue Sky gallery in Portland, OR. The show will be up for the month of July so please swing by and check it out 💜 Repost: @blueskygallerypdx In “American Interiors”, M L Casteel (@mlcasteel ) depicts the psychological repercussions of war and military service through images of the interiors of cars owned by US veterans. Through working with veterans over a five-year period, M L Casteel became aware of the subtle indicators of past traumatic experience. He also recognized that the condition in which we live can often be a signifier of our well-being, and that even the state of car interiors can be seen as a manifestation of human interiors. “American Interiors” explores the area between “the circumstantial and the evident” and it is in the space that separates the slickly produced military recruitment ads from the statistics about rates of veteran homelessness and suicide that this work resides. Casteel balances the empathy he feels for those who have survived the military experience, with a deep sense of outrage towards America’s industrial military complex and the institutionalized violence of warfare. M L Casteel (American, b. 1980) is an award-winning photographer and educator whose work focuses on the perils and triumphs of the human condition. Casteel attended the Hartford Art School International Limited Residency Photography Program and gained an MFA in Photography in 2015. His work has been featured in TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, CNN, and the Guardian, amongst other publications. Casteel’s first book, American Interiors, was published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in 2018 and was shortlisted for the Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards: First Photobook Prize. Featuring essays by Jörg Colberg and Ken MacLeish, the book is available at wilewis.com. Visit us today between 12-5p to see the show in all its glory. Mask required. Installation shot courtesy of Yuyang Zhang (@dirtyraccoon ) #mlcasteel #americaninteriors #carphotography #contemporaryart #pdxart #artandboutpdx #variablewest #photography #contemporaryphotogra