Strauss & co - 7 March 2011, Cape Town

190 Matthew Hindley was the Fine Art Valedictorian at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2002. He has worked in an astonishing range of media including interactive LED for Speak naturally and continuously , in the Permanent Collection of Iziko South African National Gallery. Before My Time is a key painting in the body of work produced for the exhibition of the same title. In a positive review of the exhibition Lloyd Pollak maintains: Hindley is a fantasist. He ushers us into a habitat of wonder and delight, a realm as newly minted as the jungles of Henri Douanier Rousseau. And, like the French customs-officer, Hindley documents his extraordinary findings with wide-eyed incredulity and scrupulous precision. ... His work breathes strong Medieval overtones and often recalls Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Breughel and other great late Gothic visionaries. ... Illustrated children’s books, comics, cartoons, puppets and toys are a major source of inspiration and Hindley’s bright, clear and crisp colours create an immaculately spick and span land of Nod. i i Lloyd Pollak ‘Matt Hindley at 34 Long’, Artthrob, http://www.artthrob.co.za/07jan/ reviews/34long.html 327 Matthew Hindley SOUTH AFRICAN 1974- Before My Time executed in 2006 oil on canvas 100 by 100cm R18 000–24 000 EXHIBITED Before My Time , 34 Long, Cape Town, 2006