Young painter Mathew Cerletty poses an important question: who is Uncle Sam?  VIDEO PUBLISHED: 11/26/08

With great humor and clarity, New York artist Mathew Cerletty delivers significance on the subjects he decides to paint.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/07/11

The opening tonight at James Fuentes LLC takes its name from the standard paper size in which the works were submitted.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 12/09/08

In the early 2000s, a young painter emerged on the New York art scene, known for his hauntingly seductive figure paintings of friends and family members, executed in bright, bold colors and often set against elaborate wallpaper motifs. Mathew Cerletty, who shows at Rivington Arms gallery in New York, could have remained his generation's premier portrait artist. But in the last few years the 28-year-old Wisconsin native went in a completely different direction, creating strangely confrontational sign and word pieces that range from bizarre koans like "The Feeling is Mutual" to "Diet Coke" logos. Turns out, the words are just as autobiographical.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 11/28/08