Untitled #25, 2010
polymer clay  3 x 3 cm

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Untitled #22, 2010
polymer clay  2.5 x 2cm

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Untitled #50, 2010
polymer clay  2.5 x 2.5cm

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Untitled #57, 2010
polymer clay  3 x 2.5cm

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Untitled #60, 2010
polymer clay  3.5 x 4.5cm

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Melbourne-based artist MATT HINKLEY creates tiny polymer clay sculptures, held out from the wall on long pins, which confound the eye in their meticulous patterns and rhythmical textures. He also applies his distinct, highly refined hand renderings to materials including newspapers, graph paper and found objects.

HINKLEY completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Queensland College of the Arts in Brisbane in 2000 and has exhibited across such spaces as the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art @ Mirka at Torlano, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Artspace, Sydney and the Perth Institute of Contemporary Art. In 2009 he exhibited at Frieze Art Fair in London through Neon Parc.

And good news if you are living in Auckland, New Zealand, you have a few days (til January 28th,2012) to view these tiny sculptures in the group show Big Refrigerator at Hopkinson Cundy