![]() It's an awful vision, but it says a lot about people. In one, "Friend or Food," a homeless man, heating up his meager meal in a hobo jungle, gazes upon the skinny pup who begs for food while envisioning that same canine pal spinning above the fire on a spit. The stuff at Instinct Gallery, as irascible as it is irresistible, strikes a similar mood of anger and revulsion at the vagaries of the human condition. Yet another, frozen in the moment of decapitation, moralizes about Manson. In another a similarly adorable lad, wearing a Hitler mustache and a Nazi uniform, gives the "Sieg Heil!" salute. In "Sunday Sermon" an apple-cheeked cherub, applauded by his adoring dog, warms his hands at a jerrybuilt lectern while a nuclear explosion takes place in the background. Here, children who resemble Hummel figurines act out tableaux of horror and death. For all his love of gadgetry he loathes commercialism and sees hypocrisy everywhere.Ĭonsider the three tiny, totally lethal pieces that make up his contribution to "Cut Across the Middle," an invitational group show that is taking potshots at middle-class pretensions through July 13 at the Neo-Post-Now Gallery. But underneath is a poison pill of painfully acute observation and scathing irony. "I'm showing people what is happening."įink sugarcoats his messianic message with images of lovable puppies and doll-like kiddies. "I'm like a prophet," he remarked not long ago. Yet he seems in little danger of being co-opted by the bourgeois high jinks he simultaneously depicts and deplores. ![]() If ever an outsider appeared to be edging into the mainstream, it is Fink. Other images, equally bizarre, are being shown at Instinct Gallery, 725 N. Paintings from his "Li'l Hummel" series, taking to task everybody from Der Fuhrer to Charles Manson, are on display at the Neo-Post-Now Gallery in Manitowoc. ![]() He's a happy man.Īt night, when not laboring in the blissfully messy second-floor studio of his modest Riverwest home, he enjoys sitting in his darkened living room - surrounded by gently glowing candles, miniature skeletons from Jamaica and eerie icons of his own manufacture - and looking out on guys playing baseball at Pumping Station Park.Īt 36, he is beginning to reap the rewards of 10 years of diligent effort, without benefit of academic training or high-powered representation. Suffice it to say he works to paint, and paints to work. He prefers not to say exactly how he earns his living. He went directly to work after high school. For relaxation he cruises on his vintage Harley-Davidson up the Heritage Trail between towering cliffs and the Mississippi River. His blondish hair is close-cropped and bristly, with a Nordic air to it. He's 6 feet, 3 inches tall and a compact, tightly muscled 195. He serves as editor of the monthly publication, NEUROLOGY ALERT, and is a Past-President of the New York State Neurological Society.Matt Fink doesn't fit your typical image of a rising visual artist. He is a leader in this specialty, lectured widely, and published many research and clinical articles in the field of stroke and critical care. Fink is involved in the education and training of students, residents, and fellows in the field of stroke and critical care neurology, actively participating in clinical research within this field. ![]() He is a Fellow of the American Neurological Association, the American Academy of Neurology, and the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association. He is board-certified in internal medicine, neurology, critical care medicine, vascular neurology, and neurocritical care. He was a founding member and Chairman of the Critical Care Section of the American Academy of Neurology, and the Research Section for Neurocritical Care of the World Federation of Neurology. He was Professor of Clinical Neurology and Clinical Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Fink served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, as well as Chairman of the Barbara and Alan Mirken Department of Neurology, Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Center, and Co-Director of the Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He joined the faculty of Columbia University, became the Founding Director of the Neurology-Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit at New York Presbyterian Hospital and was appointed Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. He trained in neurology at the Neurological Institute of New York/ Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and served as Chief Resident under Dr. Fink attended college at University of Pennsylvania, medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and served as Resident and Chief Resident in internal medicine at Boston City Hospital. Fink is the Louis and Gertrude Feil Professor and Chairman of Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Neurologist-in-Chief at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital.
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