Matthew Blum

Galleries

The Blum Museum of Art & Machinery

A continually expanding institution of images, objects, circuits, and questionable ideas.

Catalog

The collection

Every work the museum holds, on a wall or in storage.

Gallery view Catalog view

28 of 83 works

  1. Warm-toned photograph of a painted statue of a mustached firefighter in a helmet, holding a small child in one arm. Fireman’s Drinking Fountain Exhibited 2024 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.015
  2. Two strips of black-and-white motion-picture film, every frame showing the same person standing in a park. Portrait in Motion Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.001
  3. Black-and-white close-up of the rear fender and tail fin of a dark car, with chrome trim and the word Premiere in script on its side. 1956 Lincoln Premiere Exhibited 2022 · Silver gelatin · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.002
  4. Close-up of round black typewriter keys lit from the side, the Q W E R T Y and A S D F rows receding. Typewriter Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.003
  5. Dark-toned photograph with a mottled border of a broken engine piston standing upright, its connecting rod snapped off. Piston Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.004
  6. Black-and-white photograph of a large glass RCA electron tube lit against a black background. Electron Tube Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.005
  7. A strip of color 16mm film with repeated frames of a dark Mustang parked beside a snowbank, edge numbers printed along the side. Mustang on 16mm Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.006
  8. Print with brushed dark edges of the grille of an old tractor, the name FARMALL across its front. Farmall Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.007
  9. Black-and-white photograph of pale shelf fungus growing in clusters up a dark tree trunk. Mushroom Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.008
  10. Black-and-white close-up of a large whelk shell resting on small pebbles. Sea Shell Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.009
  11. Black-and-white still life of a woven basket holding peppers, a pear and tomatoes on a wooden table. Harvest Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.010
  12. Black-and-white photograph of tall, straight trunks in a pine forest, sunlight on the ground between them. Kalmbach Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.011
  13. Low-angle black-and-white view of a modernist building with rows of deep-set windows beside a curved wall, under a cloudy sky. City Hall Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.012
  14. A black single-button game joystick photographed against a plain white background. Game Joystick Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.013
  15. A silver Panasonic cassette boombox with two round speakers, photographed straight on against a pale background. Boombox Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.014
  16. Black-and-white photograph of a diesel locomotive on tracks beside a steel truss bridge, trees behind. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.016
  17. Warm-toned print with brushed dark edges of a single iris flower lit against a dark background. Iris Exhibited 2022 · Palladium · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.017
  18. Print with brushed dark edges of a white water lily open among green lily pads. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.018
  19. Print with brushed dark edges of three bison standing in a grassy field before a line of trees. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.019
  20. Small color print with brushed dark edges of a monarch butterfly on pink flowers against a blue sky. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.020
  21. Warm-toned print looking straight up at bare, crossing tree branches against a pale sky. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.021
  22. Black-and-white photograph of a woman in a patterned sundress sitting in the grass against a tree, in dappled shade. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.022
  23. Warm-toned print with brushed dark edges of a leaning bare tree in snow beside a pond, long shadows across the snow. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.023
  24. Black-and-white photograph of a large willow silhouetted against bright, streaked clouds, the corners of the frame dark. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.024
  25. Warm-toned print with brushed dark edges looking up a tall tree trunk into its bare branches. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.025
  26. Color photograph of a woman in a long teal dress bending forward on a lawn among autumn trees. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.026
  27. Cyan-blue print of a lone bare tree standing in a grassy field. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.027
  28. Print with brushed dark edges of an open grand piano in a wood-panelled room. Untitled Exhibited 2022 · Main Gallery BMAM.2026.028