Matt Lyon

@mattlyon

⟢ illustrator/doodler ⟡ he/him ⟣ 📧 mattlyonart@gmail.com 📧 🔗 linktr.ee/mattlyon 🔗

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Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 2d

Remembering Anas al-Sharif, along with three other Al Jazeera colleagues, who were killed by an Israeli targeted airstrike in Gaza a year ago today

Portrait of Anas al-Sharif wearing a blue press vest, surrounded by floral patterns and a decorative border

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 2d

🇦🇿 Qəbələ 🇦🇿 To finish off the mural artwork I created for Qabala Fest, I decided to add my own splash of colour. Big thanks to the warm welcome of Qabala and the wonderful people of Azerbaijan ♡

Artwork illustrating cultural and scenic highlights of Qabala, including people in folk costumes, musicians, a samovar and tea, skiing, fauna and flora, copperware, etc

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 3d

Soufiane Ababri www.instagram.com/soufianeabab...

Artwork by Soufiane Ababri: Drawing of an man in a chair with his trousers down and watching porn on TV, his genitals wired to apparatus to monitor sexual responses

In several European countries, including the Netherlands until fairly recently, asylum seekers claiming persecution based on their sexual orientation have been subjected to tests meant to authenticate their homosexuality, including the use of pornographic stimuli to measure a physiological response. Testimony isn’t enough. The state demands proof the body cannot fake.

This drawing starts from that apparatus. It asks a simple and brutal question: what becomes of desire when it has to prove itself before an institution instead of being lived. What becomes of asylum when it turns into a laboratory.

It’s an extension of an older colonial gesture, the one that has always demanded racialized and queer bodies account for themselves, authenticate themselves, make themselves legible in order to be believed. Europe imagines itself as refuge while producing its own protocols for verifying intimacy.

This work is part of a broader reflection on what it means to belong to Europe at an expanded scale, beyond bilateral relations alone, and on the ambivalences of a Europe that filters, tests, admits.

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 5d

The colouring process mirrored the workshops I was teaching at the festival, of doodling and free-drawing. I encouraged everyone to relax and have fun – don't think just draw – colour inside, outside and over the lines! Take a line for a walk, and as I often say, art starts here!

Photo of young girl colouring in the mural

Close-up of the coloured-in mural showing the central female figure in folk costume holding 'Sabzeh Nowruz' wheatgrass

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 5d

A few pics of the design process and final artwork

Black and white concept drawing (detail) 1, showing dancers and figures in folk costumes, copperware, teapot and samovar, chess pieces, Gabala in Azerbaijani text, flowers, pattern elements, mountain landscape, pomegranates, etc

Black and white concept design (detail) 2, showing a male dancer in folk costume, surrounded by pattern elements, chess pieces, a rose, etc

Black and white vector linework, final design, showing a collage of figures and elements related to Gabala and Azerbaijani culture, including folk costumes, musicians, tea and samovar, copperware, flowers, pomegranates, national flag, chess, skiing, pattern design, etc

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 5d

Hello world! I thought it was about time to come out, so to speak, and show myself. So hi, this is me, and here are a few pics from my latest project I've just returned from Gabala Fest in Azerbaijan where I was asked to design a mural that could be coloured in over the course of the week

Selfie in cap and glasses, standing in front of my mural artwork

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 28d

Today's palette 🎨

Four boxed Magic Ink markers. From left to right: purple, brown, orange, pink

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· 29d

Remembering Harry Dean Stanton on his 100th birthday Taken from Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, 2012

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jul 13

RIP Sam Neill

Film scene card: Sam Neill and Isabelle Adjani in Andrzej Żuławski's Possession

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jul 9

RIP Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler photoshoot, c. 1980s, wearing black leather and lace with big hair

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jul 8

Night of the Comet, 1984 🖤

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jul 8

Happy National Video Game Day 💀 !! strobe warning !!

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jul 6

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Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jun 30

As June draws to a close... www.instagram.com/p/CfcSIhTu4cC/

GAY PRIDE IS EVERY FUCKING DAY!
24 HOURS A DAY
7 DAYS A WEEK
365 DAYS A YEAR

Alex in Wonderland (bar) ad, New York City, June 1984

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jun 30

Antihomophobe Action - Destroy Fascism sticker, c. 2007 archive.qzap.org/index.php/De...

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jun 29

GPU NEWS, January/February 1975, vol. 4, no. 4: The Language of Oppression Artwork by Robert Stocki

Cover artwork with custom lettering, a composition of common gay slurs in black and white

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jun 26

Any early French film to explore the impact of AIDS, but it's not all depressing as the characters occasionally break into song. Très bien!

Matt Lyon@mattlyon· Jun 26

Encore (Once More) | Paul Vecchiali | 1988 Why this film has less than 250 ratings on IMDb is a mystery. It'll probably be in my top ten at the end of the year