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Unlike mending broken china, Matt Calvert’s work is not simply a case of putting the pieces back together again in order, hoping that the cracks won’t show. Instead, its a fragmentation that frustrates order and alludes to more devastating unforseen events such as the initial impact of a car accident or violent explosion, atomising form. The artist’s painstaking reconfiguration is not a construction akin to jigsaw puzzles or Lego; it’s more precarious and desperate than that - these surrogate components aren’t designed for reconstruction....more