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Abend Gallery is excited to announce the upcoming opening of Matthew Saba’s solo exhibition, "Songs from the Nail House".

This Colorado-native artist works in combinations of oil, wax, graphite and charcoal and as subject matter paints real-life objects, which as he puts it, lack contrivance. Harsh combinations of degraded forms and strict geometric drawing transpire on his canvases; clean and rough, full of form and formless go hand in hand in his compositions.

“In my painting, I try to elevate ordinary objects to heavenly levels of majesty,” said Saba of the mystical edginess of …